# Deployment

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## [Which is efficient fastcgi or mingrel?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946)

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**Author:** [@swaroopkanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swaroopkanth)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-is-efficient-fastcgi-or-mingrel/111946 "2007-08-15T01:28:21Z")

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which is efficient,fastcgi or mingrel?

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## [Upgrade without downtime?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-without-downtime/112015)

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**Author:** [@piet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/piet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upgrade-without-downtime/112015 "2007-08-14T20:23:49Z")

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Hi List! I’ve been thinking for a while about how to upgrade a running rails installation without any downtime for the users. Let’s say you fixed some bugs without doing any changes to the db schema or anything that …

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## [Lighttpd deployment issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-deployment-issues/112021)

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**Author:** [@crucoba](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/crucoba)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-deployment-issues/112021 "2007-08-14T11:26:33Z")

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Hello all, I am quite new to Rails. I’ve been programming in PHP most of the time, and have been playing around with Ruby on Rails for a week now. I’m having some trouble configuring my lighttpd + fastcgi daemon to w…

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## [Capistrano 2 and deprec](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-2-and-deprec/111978)

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**Author:** [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/capistrano-2-and-deprec/111978 "2007-08-14T00:30:27Z")

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am i wrong or does deprec not work with capistrano 2 yet? running deprec 1.9 but can’t get capistrano 2 to play fair or even get cap -t to work?

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## [Authorized.net-Bad file descriptor - connect(2)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authorized-net-bad-file-descriptor-connect-2/111965)

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**Author:** [@ksantoshp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksantoshp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/authorized-net-bad-file-descriptor-connect-2/111965 "2007-08-13T22:42:53Z")

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Hello, I have developed a e-commerce application for magazine purchase/ subscription, (development environment) Payment Gateway- Authorized.net I am using the “payment” gem for processing payments. I have no issues …

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## [ROR application deployment in Distributed / Non Distributed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-application-deployment-in-distributed-non-distributed/111908)

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**Author:** [@krkaleraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/krkaleraj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-application-deployment-in-distributed-non-distributed/111908 "2007-08-13T09:03:12Z")

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Hi All Any one of you can suggest me how to deploy ROR in Distributed and Non Distributed environment? What is the software / hardware configuration is required. Thanks K.R.Kaleraj

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## [Bootrapping a database using Capistrano](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bootrapping-a-database-using-capistrano/111874)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bootrapping-a-database-using-capistrano/111874 "2007-08-12T21:57:29Z")

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Hi, I used “rake db:schema:dump” to generate a file containing: ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version =\> 20) do create\_table “connections”, :force =\> true do |t| … So it has everything needed to generate my database …

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## [Nginx apt-get vs. from source](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-apt-get-vs-from-source/111816)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-apt-get-vs-from-source/111816 "2007-08-11T21:57:32Z")

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hi! I need to install nginx on Ubuntu 6.06. I don’t know what’s better… to build it from source as described on nginx site or with apt-get. I’m asking because when I installed Ruby with apt-get I got version 1.84 and…

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## [Nginx and account location](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-and-account-location/111740)

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**Author:** [@gregnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gregnewman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-and-account-location/111740 "2007-08-10T10:43:54Z")

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Do I need to do anything special with my nginx configs for a site that uses the account location plugin and if so what? I have wildcards set for the dns but suspect nginx might choke on it.

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## [Problem using X-Accel-Redirect in nginx under ssl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-x-accel-redirect-in-nginx-under-ssl/111559)

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**Author:** [@nadav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nadav)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-using-x-accel-redirect-in-nginx-under-ssl/111559 "2007-08-09T07:34:06Z")

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Hi everybody. I have a problem using X-Accel-Redirect under ssl in nginx for serving static image-files that I want to protect from unauthorized downloads. The problem is that the images downloading is extremely slow,…

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## [Deploying the data](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-the-data/111602)

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**Author:** [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-the-data/111602 "2007-08-09T01:42:40Z")

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I think I have a fundamental misunderstanding of the deployment process that I’m hoping someone can clear up for me. I’ve been developing a rails app on my local machine in the development environment. All data is wr…

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## [Cap2 different path to repos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-different-path-to-repos/111328)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-different-path-to-repos/111328 "2007-08-06T22:47:30Z")

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Hi! I read somewhere that in Cap2 you can set different URLs to repository from local machine and remote server. Haven’t found out how to do it yet, but I will… I’m curious about something: why does Capistrano have t…

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## [Unfuddle SVN hosting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unfuddle-svn-hosting/111341)

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**Author:** [@Hendy\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hendy_I)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unfuddle-svn-hosting/111341 "2007-08-06T22:40:21Z")

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Previously I asked about SVN hosting, I’ve just found this: If I’m allowed to comment (nonpromotionally), their app truly captivates me. It seems their app is new, just a few months old… but the features they bring…

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## [Ideal environment for a Rails app](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideal-environment-for-a-rails-app/110524)

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**Author:** [@smc7000](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/smc7000)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ideal-environment-for-a-rails-app/110524 "2007-08-06T17:34:07Z")

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Hi everybody. I’m still kind of a newbie at anything that exists at a lower level than the OS, but my company wants to set up a server for the rails apps that I will shortly be developing for them. Most of the functio…

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## [Nginx choking on static files](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-choking-on-static-files/111271)

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**Author:** [@jwesonga](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jwesonga)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-choking-on-static-files/111271 "2007-08-06T14:03:04Z")

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Hi Guys, I’m running CentOS and I’ve successfully managed to setup a mongrel cluster running on port 5000-5002 as well as Nginx for load balancing and as a reverse proxy. Everything works okay the only problem is that …

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## ["Application Error"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/111291)

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**Author:** [@falieson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/falieson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/111291 "2007-08-06T12:41:51Z")

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http://localhost/ Application error Change this error message for exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code) in public/500.html server: freebsd6.2 installed: apache, php, …

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## [Trying to bypass cached pages with nginx](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-bypass-cached-pages-with-nginx/111215)

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**Author:** [@seth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/seth)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/trying-to-bypass-cached-pages-with-nginx/111215 "2007-08-04T01:05:24Z")

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I am using page caching on a rails site and I want a logged-in admin to be served the non-cached site. This needs to be done in our nginx config but I haven’t been able to get anything to work. My first (and most log…

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## [Best practice with nginx and php; apache or php-fcgi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practice-with-nginx-and-php-apache-or-php-fcgi/110921)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practice-with-nginx-and-php-apache-or-php-fcgi/110921 "2007-08-01T02:54:02Z")

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On my server 90% of the apps are rails with a few remaining php apps. What is the best method to handle php with nginx? Is it better to use php-fcgi or reverse proxy to apache?

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## [Best practice for page\_caching with shared storage](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practice-for-page-caching-with-shared-storage/110635)

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**Author:** [@cwt137](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cwt137)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practice-for-page-caching-with-shared-storage/110635 "2007-08-01T01:07:56Z")

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I’m looking for comments, suggestions, best practices for handling page\_caching with shared storage. This is the scenario: nginx box in front of multiple mongrel\_cluster boxes (Xen instances actually) At the moment …

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## [Dispatch.fcgi won't work](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-wont-work/110912)

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**Author:** [@bartek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-wont-work/110912 "2007-07-31T23:55:03Z")

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Here’s what’s going on: (23:51)bartek@ariel:~/dev/rails/scores$ ruby script/server =\> Booting lighttpd (use ‘script/server webrick’ to force WEBrick) =\> Rails application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 =\> Call with …

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## [Mongrel installed, but "command not found"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-installed-but-command-not-found/110696)

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**Author:** [@makenai](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/makenai)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-installed-but-command-not-found/110696 "2007-07-30T22:18:26Z")

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Hi, I just installed mongrel on my server, but can’t use it. I am using debian server. I installed mongrel by “gem install mongrel”, and everything worked fine, I’ve seen “Successfully installed mongrel-1.0.1”. But w…

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## [Question about SVN over WebDAV security](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-svn-over-webdav-security/110641)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/question-about-svn-over-webdav-security/110641 "2007-07-30T18:43:21Z")

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Hello friends, After reading a lot about different methods of Subversion access, I still don’t understand if it’s possible to have HTTPS access (meaning Apache+WebDAV) access to the repository, but in a way that would…

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## [Cap2 hangs in the shell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-hangs-in-the-shell/110644)

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**Author:** [@dxk3355](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dxk3355)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cap2-hangs-in-the-shell/110644 "2007-07-28T22:09:18Z")

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Hi, I’m having trouble with testing/learning capistrano… I failed at the first thing I wanted to do… here: david@local:~$ cap shell HOSTS=server1 executing \`shell’ ==================================================…

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## [Nginx, litespeed or pound for RHEL 4](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-litespeed-or-pound-for-rhel-4/110628)

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**Author:** [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-litespeed-or-pound-for-rhel-4/110628 "2007-07-28T13:24:02Z")

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Hello All! I’m in the process of migrating from an older RHEL 4 server to a new RHEL 4 server and need to figure out which way to go. Currently, the old server is running fcgi which is crap. I’ve been doing some res…

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## [Lighttpd on Edgy Eft](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426)

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**Author:** [@Hasham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Hasham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-on-edgy-eft/110426 "2007-07-28T11:39:55Z")

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I am new to Lighttpd on ubuntu i have problem in which i cant stop server with "sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop " and i have to “killall lighttpd” to stop it. how can i resolve this issue?

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## [Server Memory Usage (Mongrel)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-memory-usage-mongrel/110540)

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**Author:** [@sol](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sol)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/server-memory-usage-mongrel/110540 "2007-07-28T10:39:52Z")

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Hey, I’m wondering about the memory usage on my rootserver and have some basic questions. free -m: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 1003 928 75 0 …

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## [Mongrel, Nginx, and AJAX not working](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-nginx-and-ajax-not-working/110259)

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**Author:** [@jruyle](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jruyle)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-nginx-and-ajax-not-working/110259 "2007-07-27T22:30:52Z")

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Under Apache / FastCGI, the following request is perfectly fine (as pulled from the browser’s View Source): new Ajax.Request(‘http://server/portals?editable=true&amp;update=portal\_list\_wrapper’, {asynchronous:true, …

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## [Nginx: Multiple apps, one domain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-multiple-apps-one-domain/110276)

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**Author:** [@nadav](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nadav)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-multiple-apps-one-domain/110276 "2007-07-26T15:31:36Z")

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Hi all. I guess I am not the first to encounter this… I want to deploy some rails apps, using only one domain (www.mydomain.com), so that www.mydomain.com/app1/… will be mapped to the app1 directory, www.mydomain.co…

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## [Experiences with Joyent Accelerator?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-with-joyent-accelerator/104861)

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**Author:** [@morten](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/morten)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/experiences-with-joyent-accelerator/104861 "2007-07-26T08:00:57Z")

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Hi. Anyone have experience to share about deploying production environment with Joyent? TextDrive had a lot of instability problems I recollect (possibly only with shared plans?). Thanks for any input. Morten

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## [Where's Mongrel -- is it necessary?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wheres-mongrel-is-it-necessary/110150)

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**Author:** [@rubyvista](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rubyvista)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/wheres-mongrel-is-it-necessary/110150 "2007-07-26T00:45:58Z")

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I realize that this question is a bit silly, but I’m wondering – once Rails has been deploy to a website, how/where do you start up Mongrel? I’ve deployed my Rails application to a webhost, and it works fine, but the …

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