# Finding out if ISP web server supports Ruby/Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-out-if-isp-web-server-supports-ruby-rails/154561 "2008-12-01T18:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ptriller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ptriller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ptriller)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-out-if-isp-web-server-supports-ruby-rails/154561/1 "2008-12-01T18:04:58Z")
My ISP is [Rogers.com](http://Rogers.com) (in Ontario Canada). I have found out that their web server is Apache 2.0.52 by using cURL HEAD. My question is how do I find out if they support Ruby/Rails? I.E. if they are running the needed extensions/plugins to Apache? Speaking to their 1st level tech support is no help. TIA for your advice… respect… Peter ---
**Author:** ![ptriller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ptriller](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ptriller)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-out-if-isp-web-server-supports-ruby-rails/154561/2 "2008-12-01T23:28:06Z")
Peter Teeson wrote: > My ISP is [Rogers.com](http://Rogers.com) (in Ontario Canada). > I have found out that their web server is Apache 2.0.52 by using cURL > HEAD. If they run Passenger then that should have been included in the HTTP header. AFAIK it’s currently not possible to disable the Passenger header without modifying the source code. > My question is how do I find out if they support Ruby/Rails? I.E. if > they are running the needed extensions/plugins to Apache? Passenger and Mongrel register themselves through the HTTP header. If you can’t find it in the headers then you should find it on the ISP website, through tech support (see below) or on your account control panel. > Speaking to their 1st level tech support is no help. Then it’d be my bet that they don’t support it. – Roderick van Domburg [http://www.railscluster.nl](http://www.railscluster.nl)