# Deploying rails with mod\_fastcgid on linux

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**Created:** [February 28, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-rails-with-mod-fastcgid-on-linux/130483 "2008-02-28T17:24:08Z")\
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Hi,

Has anyone had success installing ruby on rails with mod\_fastcgid on  
Apache 2 with Linux (I’m running Fedora Core 6 distro)? I followed  
the instructions here –  
[http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2006/01/01/using-mod\_fcgid-for-ruby-on-rails-applications/](http://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2006/01/01/using-mod_fcgid-for-ruby-on-rails-applications/),  
but when I request

[http://mydomain.com/easyrx/](http://mydomain.com/easyrx/)

I get an internal server error, and this appears in the error\_log:

[Wed Feb 27 15:02:36 2008] [error] [client 75.166.44.245] Request  
exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable  
configuration error. Use ‘LimitInternalRecursion’ to increase the  
limit if necessary. Use ‘LogLevel debug’ to get a backtrace.

Any idea what I’m doing wrong? I added the \<VirtualHost \*:80\>  
directive below, which I bet is where the problem is.

Thanks, - Dave

=========================Begin httpd.conf==========================

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SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache2/ssl/mydomain.com.key

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# 

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# as error documents. e.g. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

# 

ServerAdmin removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid

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# ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify

itself.

# This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you

specify

# it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.

# 

# If your host doesn’t have a registered DNS name, enter its IP

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# 

#ServerName [www.example.com:80](http://www.example.com:80)

# 

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but

# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.

# 

DocumentRoot “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs”

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# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with

respect

# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that

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# 

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# particular features to be enabled - so if something’s not working

as

# you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it

# below.

# 

# 

# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.

# 

\<Directory “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs”\>  
#  
# Possible values for the Options directive are “None”, “All”,  
# or any combination of:  
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI  
MultiViews  
#  
# Note that “MultiViews” must be named _explicitly_ — “Options  
All”  
# doesn’t give it to you.  
#  
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  
Please  
see  
# [core - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options)  
# for more information.  
#  
Options ExecCGI Indexes FollowSymLinks

```
#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed

```

in .htaccess files.  
# It can be “All”, “None”, or any combination of the keywords:  
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit  
#  
AllowOverride All

```
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

```

\<Directory “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/super\_admin\_rs/”\>  
Options ExecCGI Indexes FollowSymLinks  
AllowOverride All  
Order allow,deny  
Allow from all

# 

# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory

# is requested.

# 
 DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
# 

# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from

being

# viewed by Web clients.

# 

\<FilesMatch “^.ht”\>  
Order allow,deny  
Deny from all  
Satisfy All

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# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a

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# alert, emerg.

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```
<IfModule logio_module>
  # You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
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```

Agent}i" %I %O" combinedio

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#
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile

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# define per- access logfiles, transactions will be  
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#  
CustomLog logs/access\_log common

```
#
# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer

```

information  
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.  
#  
#CustomLog logs/access\_log combined

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```
#
# Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
# access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
# Example:
# Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
#
# If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. You will also likely
# need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
# the filesystem path.

#
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server

```

scripts.  
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that  
# documents in the target directory are treated as applications  
and  
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent  
to the  
# client. The same rules about trailing “/” apply to ScriptAlias  
# directives as to Alias.  
#  
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ “/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/”

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# “/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin” should be changed to whatever your

ScriptAliased

# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.

# 

\<Directory “/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin”\>  
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Options None  
Order allow,deny  
Allow from all

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document

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extensions.

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is

# a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as

applications

# or images, you may want to use “application/octet-stream” instead

to

# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they

are

# text.

# 

DefaultType text/plain

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# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
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#
#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
#
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
#
# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media

```

types:  
#  
AddType application/x-compress .Z  
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz

```
#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to

```

“handlers”:  
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into  
the server  
# or added with the Action directive (see below)  
#  
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:  
# (You will also need to add “ExecCGI” to the “Options”  
directive.)  
#  
AddHandler cgi-script .rhtml  
AddHandler cgi-script .rb  
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

```
# For type maps (negotiated resources):
#AddHandler type-map var

#
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the

```

client.  
#  
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):  
# (You will also need to add “Includes” to the “Options”  
directive.)  
#  
#AddType text/html .shtml  
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml

# 

# The mod\_mime\_magic module allows the server to use various hints

from the

# contents of the file itself to determine its type. The

MIMEMagicFile

# directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.

# 

#MIMEMagicFile conf/magic

# 

# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:

# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects

# 

# Some examples:

#ErrorDocument 500 “The server made a boo boo.”  
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html  
#ErrorDocument 404 “/cgi-bin/missing\_handler.pl”  
#ErrorDocument 402 [http://www.example.com/subscription\_info.html](http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html)

# 

# 

# EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,

# memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver

# files. This usually improves server performance, but must

# be turned off when serving from networked-mounted

# filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise

# broken on your system.

# 

#EnableMMAP off  
#EnableSendfile off

# Supplemental configuration

# 

# The configuration files in the conf/extra/ directory can be

# included to add extra features or to modify the default

configuration of

# the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change

as

# necessary.

# Server-pool management (MPM specific)

#Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

# Multi-language error messages

#Include conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf

# Fancy directory listings

#Include conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf

# Language settings

#Include conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf

# User home directories

#Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf

# Real-time info on requests and configuration

#Include conf/extra/httpd-info.conf

# Virtual hosts

#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual

#Include conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf

# Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)

#Include conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf

# Various default settings

#Include conf/extra/httpd-default.conf

# Secure (SSL/TLS) connections

#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf

# 

# Note: The following must must be present to support

# starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random

equivalent

# but a statically compiled-in mod\_ssl.

# 
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin SSLRandomSeed connect builtin

LoadModule fcgid\_module modules/mod\_fcgid.so  
IPCCommTimeout 40  
IPCConnectTimeout 10

\<VirtualHost \*:80\>

# Insert the rest of your vhost config here.

ServerName [mydomain.com](http://mydomain.com)

\<Location /easyrx\>  
RewriteEngine On  
# Let apache handle purely static files like images by itself.  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f  
# Send Everything else to Typo  
RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]

\<Directory /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/easyrx\>  
# ExecCGI is required for mod\_fcgid to work.  
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI  
# Disable .htaccess files.  
AllowOverride None  
Order allow,deny  
Allow from all  
# This tells mod\_fcgid to run the dispatch.fcgi script as a  
FastCGI  
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi

# 

# Mod\_jk settings

# 

# Load mod\_jk module

LoadModule jk\_module modules/mod\_jk.so

# Where to find workers.properties

JkWorkersFile conf/workers.properties

# Where to put jk logs

JkLogFile logs/mod\_jk.log

# Set the jk log level [debug/error/info]

JkLogLevel debug

# Select the log format

JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] "

# JkOptions indicate to send SSL KEY SIZE,

JkOptions +ForwardKeySize +ForwardURICompat -ForwardDirectories

# JkRequestLogFormat set the request format

JkRequestLogFormat “%w %V %T”

# Send JSPs for context /jsp-examples to worker named default

#JkMount /jsp-examples/\*.jsp default

# Send servlets-examples to worker named default

#JkMount /servlets-examples/\* default

# Send JSPs for context /jsp-examples to worker named default

JkMount /\*.jsp default

RewriteLogLevel 9  
=========================End httpd.conf===========================