# Best web server for my situation

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 24, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788 "2006-09-24T04:14:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788/1 "2006-09-24T04:14:37Z")

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Hello all,  
I’m developing web sites for a couple of people and I’m going to  
eventually be taking the plunge into using RoR instead of [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET).  
During this move I’m also switching to Linux using Ubuntu. What  
webserver would be the best choice for running multiple (test, not live)  
ruby web apps on a single box with a single external IP address?  
Previously, I used IIS and would expose the test website to the client  
with something like the following:

[GantComputers.dyndns.org/clientname](http://GantComputers.dyndns.org/clientname)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788/2 "2006-09-24T05:30:41Z")

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On Sep 23, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Will G. wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions?  
> Many would work, and I know for a fact that Apache proxying to 1 or  
> more mongrels per application would work wonderfully.

Litespeed would be a good choice here too, I think.

–  
– Tom M.

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**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788/3 "2006-09-24T08:06:49Z")

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Not to sound like a total noob, but what the heck is a mongrel?

Tom M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:  
On Sep 23, 2006, at 7:11 PM, Will G. wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions?  
> Many would work, and I know for a fact that Apache proxying to 1 or  
> more mongrels per application would work wonderfully.

Litespeed would be a good choice here too, I think.

–  
– Tom M.

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**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/best-web-server-for-my-situation/69788/4 "2006-09-24T10:30:56Z")

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On Sep 24, 2006, at 12:02 AM, Will G. wrote:

> Not to sound like a total noob, but what the heck is a mongrel?

A server for ruby web applications  
[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)