# Mongrel

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## [Mongrel rails output](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-output/136688)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-output/136688 "2008-05-05T18:02:50Z")

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I don’t know if this is a mongrel thing, but Completed in 0.61607 (1 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.59662 (96%) | DB: 0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK \[http://ties/\] This line always confuses me. And I’d imagine it confuses every new…

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## [Mongrel hangs in production. gdb stack included](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hangs-in-production-gdb-stack-included/136253)

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**Author:** [@iamdirkcalloway](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/iamdirkcalloway)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-hangs-in-production-gdb-stack-included/136253 "2008-05-01T17:38:07Z")

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I am getting hanging Mongrels daily under light volume. Mongrel Web Server 1.1.4 Apache 2.2 w/mod\_proxy RedHat EL4 2.6.9-5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 19:30:39 EST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) \[i…

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## [Using less RAM](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-less-ram/136252)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-less-ram/136252 "2008-04-30T04:31:45Z")

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in case anybody finds it useful, here’s a link to Hongli’s work on patching the GC so you can save like 30%/mongrel or so \[if you use forked mongrels\]. Might be useful if RAM is your bottleneck. http://izumi.plan99.n…

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## [Leaking weirdness](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leaking-weirdness/136098)

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**Author:** [@rogerdpack](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rogerdpack)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/leaking-weirdness/136098 "2008-04-29T02:03:56Z")

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Previously posted on ruby talk. Response…silence :slight\_smile: … Perhaps someone out there can help give me a clue about the following situation: My mongrel processes seemed to be leaking. As an example of this, i…

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## [Go ahead and use Git](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/go-ahead-and-use-git/135851)

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**Author:** [@Zed\_ASShaw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zed_ASShaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/go-ahead-and-use-git/135851 "2008-04-25T18:28:41Z")

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Hey, I heard a rumor that there’s some FUD going around I won’t let people on the Mongrel project use Git. Subversion blows, so go ahead and use Git if it makes people happy. I actually never said you can’t use Git.…

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## [Date not changing](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-not-changing/135705)

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**Author:** [@mattias](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mattias)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/date-not-changing/135705 "2008-04-24T15:05:39Z")

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I run Apache/2.2.8 (FreeBSD), mongrel\_cluster (1.0.5) and mongrel (1.1.3) The app I have issues with is a Rails 1.2.6 app. In one controller I have a before filter that sets the month, year variables to the current mo…

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## [Qrp followup, deployment results](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qrp-followup-deployment-results/135115)

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**Author:** [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/qrp-followup-deployment-results/135115 "2008-04-18T01:40:44Z")

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I posted about qrp (http://qrp.rubyforge.org/) many weeks ago, but only deployed it to a live site a few weeks ago (after a few bug fixes leading up to qrp v0.4.0). qrp was deployed late on 2008-03-27 to roughly half …

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## [Fastthread only needed on ruby \<=1.8](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastthread-only-needed-on-ruby-1-8/135072)

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**Author:** [@cdr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cdr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastthread-only-needed-on-ruby-1-8/135072 "2008-04-17T22:43:18Z")

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hey… havent learned gemspec stuff yet, maybe someone who already knows can make the fastthread dep optional? its just kind of annoying, since ‘gem install mongrel’ always breaks on 1.9, even tho mongrel works fine, p…

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## [\[patch\] RSTRING fixes for 1.9](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/patch-rstring-fixes-for-1-9/135078)

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**Author:** [@cdr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cdr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/patch-rstring-fixes-for-1-9/135078 "2008-04-17T17:33:21Z")

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doing what ebb did. change RSTRING(str)-\>ptr and RSTRING(str)-\>len to RSTRING\_PTR(str) and RSTRING\_LEN(str) and define a backwards-compatible macro… i dont think i had to fix this before. maybe thin or something alrea…

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## [Error log, when using apache2.2.x modproxy with mongrel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-log-when-using-apache2-2-x-modproxy-with-mongrel/135034)

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**Author:** [@koji\_Lin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/koji_Lin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-log-when-using-apache2-2-x-modproxy-with-mongrel/135034 "2008-04-17T11:23:24Z")

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Hi all im new to use mongrel, my mongrel version is 1.1.4 and apache is 2.2.8 when i using apapche+mod\_proxy+mongrel, there are some error in my log file and make apache 502 prxoy error. ex: proxy: error reading s…

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## [General Mongrel Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/general-mongrel-question/134866)

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**Author:** [@russianbandit](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/russianbandit)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/general-mongrel-question/134866 "2008-04-15T21:46:31Z")

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Could someone please clarify for me what is mongrel cluster vs. proxy vs. all that other stuff you use with mongrel? I’m basically confused why I can’t simply run one mongrel server and be happy. Why do I need a clus…

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## [Re: Mongrel performance study](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mongrel-performance-study/134214)

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**Author:** [@sjmadsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjmadsen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mongrel-performance-study/134214 "2008-04-08T23:37:57Z")

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On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:14:47 -0700 http://www.misuse.org/science/2008/04/07/thin-ruby-on-rails-nginx-fair-proxy-performance-testing/ Yay! You mentioned standard deviations. Bad! You didn’t give any. That’d help peo…

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## [Mongrel performance study](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-performance-study/134145)

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**Author:** [@sjmadsen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sjmadsen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-performance-study/134145 "2008-04-08T15:02:30Z")

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Hi mongrelians, I found myself with an unloaded full production server recently which presented an opportunity to run some performance tests against Mongrel and nginx. I thought this list might have some interest in t…

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## [No more mongrel on leopard!](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-more-mongrel-on-leopard/133998)

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**Author:** [@stratboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stratboy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-more-mongrel-on-leopard/133998 "2008-04-07T10:39:11Z")

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Hi! I’ve got a problem: just changed my mac, now I run leopard. Just updated original gems to rails 2.0.2 and cleaned up each of them. But, when I run script/server, there’s no more mongrel. It starts up webrick! I wa…

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## [Mongrels stop responding](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrels-stop-responding/133485)

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**Author:** [@mrkohrea](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mrkohrea)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrels-stop-responding/133485 "2008-04-03T00:07:33Z")

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I have a Rails 1.2.3 app (due for an update, I know) running on a Mongrel 1.1.4 behind Apache 2.2.3 mod\_proxy on Debian 4.0. It keeps hanging up for no reason I can tell. I have tried everything that anyone has ever h…

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## [X\_FORWARDED\_PROTO issues](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/x-forwarded-proto-issues/133689)

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**Author:** [@evronm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/evronm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/x-forwarded-proto-issues/133689 "2008-04-02T17:18:23Z")

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Hi all - I’m having some behavior that i can’t track down and I’m not sure if this is an Apache problem, a mongrel problem or neither. Anyway - in my production setting I have two Apache 2.2 proxy servers pointing to…

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## [To surf to URL mydomain.com instead of mydomain.com:3000?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-surf-to-url-mydomain-com-instead-of-mydomain-com-3000/133444)

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**Author:** [@axees335](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/axees335)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/to-surf-to-url-mydomain-com-instead-of-mydomain-com-3000/133444 "2008-04-01T00:21:56Z")

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My production server is using mongrel\_rails on Ubuntu linux. With Firefox I can reach my production server with the URL: www.mydomain.com:3000/ but I can’t reach my production server with the URL Is there a way to …

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## [How to get mongrel to use maintenance.html file?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-mongrel-to-use-maintenance-html-file/133447)

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**Author:** [@axees335](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/axees335)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-mongrel-to-use-maintenance-html-file/133447 "2008-03-31T23:59:29Z")

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Does someone know how to tell mongrel\_rails to read the public/system/maintenance.html file?

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## [Best practices for monitoring mongrels with monit?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-monitoring-mongrels-with-monit/131005)

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**Author:** [@Elijah\_Wright](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Elijah_Wright)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-practices-for-monitoring-mongrels-with-monit/131005 "2008-03-28T21:31:18Z")

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Hello, We’re interested in hearing from folks who have worked out a set of “best practices” for monitoring mongrels with monit. My local setup is remarkably similar to the one currently found in the " Practical Prog…

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## [Mongrel garbage collection](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-garbage-collection/132601)

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**Author:** [@sfwalter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sfwalter)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-garbage-collection/132601 "2008-03-26T13:53:23Z")

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Sorry, for the re-post, but I’m new to the mailing list and wanted to bring back up and old topic I saw in the archives. http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mongrel-users/2008-February/004991.html I think a patch to delay…

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## [Mongrel\_rails not starting](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-not-starting/117011)

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**Author:** [@S-gw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/S-gw)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-rails-not-starting/117011 "2008-03-24T23:58:26Z")

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os x 10.4.10 used gem to install mongrel 1.0.1. seemed to go w/o errors. “mongrel\_rails start -d” spits out this error /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.0.1/lib/http11.bundle: Failed to load /usr/local/lib…

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## [Doesnt show log on command prompt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/doesnt-show-log-on-command-prompt/132737)

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**Author:** [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/doesnt-show-log-on-command-prompt/132737 "2008-03-24T19:38:11Z")

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I have latest version of mongrel installed. But when I run ‘ruby script/server’ it starts the server and shows nothing else, like development log it used to show on my previous dev machine. Any idea?

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## [Mongrel has crashed](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-has-crashed/131684)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_L](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Marcin_L)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-has-crashed/131684 "2008-03-22T13:15:57Z")

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Hi, my mongrel has crashed with following errors in the logfile: \*\* Starting Rails with development environment… \*\* Rails loaded. \*\* Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins \*\* Signals ready. TERM =\> stop. USR2 =\> re…

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## [Running multiple mongrel to "serve" the same rail application with active scaffold](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-multiple-mongrel-to-serve-the-same-rail-application-with-active-scaffold/132300)

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**Author:** [@Yves\_DSAstous](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Yves_DSAstous)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-multiple-mongrel-to-serve-the-same-rail-application-with-active-scaffold/132300 "2008-03-21T03:15:37Z")

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Hi, I want to run more then one mongrel for the same rail application on the same machine, using the same rails files. This application use “active scaffold” when I start one mongrel some files are writes in the pu…

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## [Process environment requires procfs(5)](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/process-environment-requires-procfs-5/132423)

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**Author:** [@Matte\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Matte_E)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/process-environment-requires-procfs-5/132423 "2008-03-20T00:36:38Z")

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I know this has been brought up before but I’m receiving the error … Process environment requires procfs(5) … when trying to restart my cluster. I’ve narrowed it down to ‘find\_pid’ method in init.rb. I’m running a F…

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## [Mongrel throwing error 500](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-throwing-error-500/131854)

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**Author:** [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-throwing-error-500/131854 "2008-03-20T00:28:24Z")

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Dear Users, Often at times when the code encounters an exception, mongrel starts throwing error 500 (after which most other cluster instances are affected). My queries are why does an exception in one thread have t…

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## [Re: SSL doesn't activate in Mongrel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ssl-doesnt-activate-in-mongrel/131914)

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**Author:** [@Nathen\_Harvey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nathen_Harvey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ssl-doesnt-activate-in-mongrel/131914 "2008-03-14T18:39:40Z")

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Have you set the X-Forwarded-Proto request header? Here’s a snip from the apache config: # Set header to indentify https requests for Mongrel RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"

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## [SSL doesn't activate in Mongrel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-doesnt-activate-in-mongrel/131897)

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**Author:** [@dsl239](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dsl239)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-doesnt-activate-in-mongrel/131897 "2008-03-14T06:16:39Z")

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I have an app I’ve been working on for a while. I just tried to activate SSL for it. I followed the instructions found at http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToEnableSSL. Everything seemed to install/configu…

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## [\[OT\] HTTP headers status diagram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-http-headers-status-diagram/131603)

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**Author:** [@Petite\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Petite_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-http-headers-status-diagram/131603 "2008-03-12T14:29:35Z")

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To paraphrase Woody Allen: “Everything you always wanted to know about HTTP headers status, but were afraid to ask” Alternatively: “An activity diagram to describe the resolution of HTTP response status codes, given…

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## [Mongrel 1.1.4, possible bug http\_response](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-1-1-4-possible-bug-http-response/131587)

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**Author:** [@jnb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jnb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-1-1-4-possible-bug-http-response/131587 "2008-03-11T20:57:52Z")

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Hi, I found this while digging inside mongrel to provide IO streaming for mongrel (and thus for Rack and Ramaze): In socket\_error a local variable done is set, which has no effect. done=() always sets to true, where …

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