# Apache with Ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [April 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700 "2006-04-03T02:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/1 "2006-04-03T02:57:06Z")
I am really new to Ruby. I have just installed Ruby on my Linux box and it works fine. I need Apache to recognize Ruby scripts and interpret them. Is mod\_ruby the only way to do it? ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/2 "2006-04-03T03:06:12Z")
On Apr 2, 2006, at 8:54 PM, Henry Ortega wrote: > I am really new to Ruby. I have just installed Ruby on my Linux box > and it > works fine. I need Apache to recognize Ruby scripts and interpret > them. Is > mod\_ruby the only way to do it? You can of course use the regular CGI methods. I.e. start your files with #!/path/to/ruby … script … And configure apache to recognize them as cgis (makr them as executable, put them in cgi-bin or use httpd.conf or .htaccess to configure apache to recognize .rb files as cgis) ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/3 "2006-04-04T22:34:19Z")
DÅ?a Pondelok 03 Apríl 2006 03:03 Logan C. napísal: > … script … > > And configure apache to recognize them as cgis (makr them as > executable, put them in cgi-bin or use httpd.conf or .htaccess to > configure apache to recognize .rb files as cgis) I’d use mod\_fastcgi instead of mod\_ruby if you want to avoid the CGI overhead. David V. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/4 "2006-04-04T23:42:26Z")
Just curious David, why choose mod\_fastcgi over mod\_ruby? ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/5 "2006-04-04T23:42:25Z")
> I’d use mod\_fastcgi instead of mod\_ruby if you want to avoid the > CGI overhead. Maybe you mis-worded that. Of course, the whole point of using mod\_ruby is to avoid the overhead of using plain old CGI. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/6 "2006-04-05T05:44:11Z")
On 05/04/06, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Just curious David, why choose mod\_fastcgi over mod\_ruby? afaik: mod\_ruby lives in every instance of the server – so if you have five apache processes serving ruby stuff, and five processes serving static content, you have the ruby interpreter loaded into memory ten times over. fast cgi gives you the benefit of a long running ruby interpreter (ie unlike normal cgi, where the ruby interp has to start up fresh for every request), but still keeps ruby out of the apache footprint, so the Apache process that is serving your fav\_icon doesn’t pay the ruby memory tax. that’s my impression at least – but I have been humbled in these forums before, and probably will be again 🙂 ;Daniel – Daniel B. [http://danielbaird.com](http://danielbaird.com) (TiddlyW;nks! :: Whiteboard Koala :: Blog :: Things That Suck) [[My webhost uptime is ~ 92%… if no answer pls call again later!]] ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/7 "2006-04-12T18:44:21Z")
I suggest considering mod\_fcgid ( [http://fastcgi.coremail.cn/](http://fastcgi.coremail.cn/) ) for fastcgi in apache 2.0/2.2. It is maintained and works very well. -Brian ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/8 "2006-08-03T14:21:59Z")
Whoops. Sorry – I see what you were saying now. ---
**Author:** ![Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Henry\_Ortega](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henry_Ortega)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-with-ruby/56700/9 "2006-04-09T03:41:30Z")
DÅ?a Utorok 4. Apríl 2006 23:38 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid napísal: > Just curious David, why choose mod\_fastcgi over mod\_ruby? For a very anecdotal argument, I also think I recall someone mentioning mod\_ruby using worker threads also causes frameworks that aren’t threadsafe (I think Rails is one) to break down in tears. David V.