# Dispatch.fcgi is presented instead of the action

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593 "2009-06-05T18:43:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shuaib85)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593/1 "2009-06-05T18:43:19Z")

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Hi there  
I am trying to setup my first application on the server and i keep  
getting the content of dispatch.fcgi

after i googled it, i found that i have to have .htaccess which i had  
in the public folder.

you can check it here  
[http://www.bluestar.ps/tests](http://www.bluestar.ps/tests)

any idea what is this problem and what is the solution

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**Author:** ![shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shuaib85)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593/2 "2009-06-06T01:13:24Z")

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What are the contents of your .htaccess?

It should probably look something like this:

RewriteEngine On  
RewriteBase /  
RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]  
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} !-f  
RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]

Matt

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**Author:** ![shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shuaib85)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593/3 "2009-06-12T13:06:10Z")

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Thanks for the reply. I have the same configurations

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**Author:** ![shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shuaib85)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593/4 "2009-06-12T14:30:05Z")

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I really recommend that you look into something like passenger:  
[http://modrails.com](http://modrails.com) for running your Rails applications, rather than  
mod\_fcgi or the like.

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**Author:** ![shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@shuaib85](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shuaib85)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dispatch-fcgi-is-presented-instead-of-the-action/169593/5 "2009-06-13T07:51:38Z")

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Thanks for the recommendation. Unfortunately, my client wanted to host  
by himself and he chose this server which has no good support for  
rails.