# Deployment help, apache, mongrel, rails, capistrano, mysql (

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-help-apache-mongrel-rails-capistrano-mysql/109064>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-help-apache-mongrel-rails-capistrano-mysql/109064 "2007-07-11T06:57:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-help-apache-mongrel-rails-capistrano-mysql/109064/1 "2007-07-11T06:57:50Z")

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I connect to the remote host via ssh, or sftp. I requested that they  
install mongrel, they are running apache/mysql/rails.

I set base url of my app  
Set default error pages  
Put in production mode  
Uploaded my app to my document root  
CHanged user info in database.yml to match host.

1. Do they need anything else installed on their end?

2. I developed this app on a win32 environment, could anyone out there  
with similar settings give me a breif summary of their deployment  
process, so I am headed in the right direction?

THANKS!

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-help-apache-mongrel-rails-capistrano-mysql/109064/2 "2007-07-11T13:20:05Z")

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You’ll have to do most of your work in ssh shell on the server.

First, ‘script/console production’ to see if you’re connecting to  
database  
properly. Find a record to make sure ‘User.find(:first)’ or whatever  
suits  
your app.

Second, verify that “they” installed mongrel. ‘gem list -l mongrel’.  
Who  
is “they” ? Virtual Hosting? Tech support seems to be pretty helpful  
for  
most of the hosting services.

Next, you’ll have to work through configuring the web server. Don’t  
start  
mongrel just yet. Get the app running on cgi, fcgi, or whatever the  
server  
is configured to handle (cgi is usually the default). Mongrel is a  
layer in  
the web configuration, and it will cause confusion in troubleshooting if  
your setting up.

Keep us updated!

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