# Configure server subdomains **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 2, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204 "2007-05-02T22:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/1 "2007-05-02T22:44:48Z")
How can i configure a server to use apache, mysql, ruby on rails and to add how many accounts i wan’t but to give a subdomain not a port. thanks ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/2 "2007-05-02T22:58:21Z")
I’m willing to give you a hand, but I’m not sure that I, or anyone else for that matter, understands what you are asking. ~k ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/3 "2007-05-02T23:07:41Z")
Kurth Bemis wrote: > I’m willing to give you a hand, but I’m not sure that I, or anyone else > for that matter, understands what you are asking. > > ~k sorry for my english. so i wan’t to configure my server to be a ruby hosting. Anyone who register to have a subdomain like [hisname.mydomain.com](http://hisname.mydomain.com) Now ruby can recognize only 1 host at 1 port like [mydomain.com:3000](http://mydomain.com:3000) ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 7:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/4 "2007-05-03T07:09:34Z")
many thanks So i start the webrick server just 1 time on 3000 port. And all subdomains will be configured from httpd.conf ? ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/5 "2007-05-03T05:31:47Z")
Oh, I think I see what you want to do… You want to have a subdomain for each user setup, and you wish to have rails running on those sub domains. Everything you require is within the command in your Apache conf files. Here’s mine. > From /etc/httpd/conf.d/hosts.conf > – > \ > SetEnv RAILS\_ENV development > ServerName [xxx.xxxxxxx.org](http://xxx.xxxxxxx.org) > DocumentRoot /var/www/public/ > ErrorLog /var/www/public/lmic/log/apache.log \ Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Indexes AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi AllowOverride all Order allow,deny Allow from all ## \ Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Indexes AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi AllowOverride all Order allow,deny Allow from all If I wanted to change this to a subdomain, I would make sure that I could resolve the subdomain via DNS, then change the first line to something like , and change the paths to reflect your setup. I’m also using Fast, so your setup might not be exactly the same. Checkout the apache2 (or apache) docs. I’m sure they have them in your native language. [Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2 Documentation - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/) As for running the webrick server, it shouldn’t be run in anything but a dev environment. I have been told by others that it is not designed for use as a public webserver, only a dev server running locally. I hope that I have helped point you in the correct direction. ~kurth ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/6 "2007-05-03T17:11:52Z")
This may be overkill for your situation, but it should give you some insights on how to do what you want (if I understand what you want to do) [http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/](http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/) ---
**Author:** ![adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@adi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adi)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/configure-server-subdomains/103204/7 "2007-05-03T07:48:55Z")
You should not be using the Webrick server for anything but local development. The httpd.copnf file is an apache2 configuration file, it has nothing to do with webrick. If you are running linux, there are instructions on how to setup most linux distributions with Apache and RoR. From trolling on this list, I think that it’s possible to run RoR on IIS/Windows, but I’m not sure. Some time spent with Google will help. ~kurth