# Installing rails in a subfolder

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-in-a-subfolder/165090>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-in-a-subfolder/165090 "2009-04-09T00:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amichelin)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-in-a-subfolder/165090/1 "2009-04-09T00:44:21Z")

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Hi:

I am new to rails, and i want to ask if i can install rials in a web  
server subfolder :

[www.mydomomain.com/](http://www.mydomomain.com/) root domian  
/project1  
/project2  
/project3

each project is an app rails?

Can this be made ?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amichelin)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-in-a-subfolder/165090/2 "2009-04-09T01:21:13Z")

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You certainly can. You’ll want to look into mod\_rails (Passenger), as  
it would be the easiest to set up in this fashion. The old school way  
would be to use FastCGI, but it’s been generally depricated for some  
time now.

-Kevin

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**Author:** ![amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@amichelin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amichelin)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-rails-in-a-subfolder/165090/3 "2009-04-09T08:58:22Z")

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capistrano also can do it for you  
its has a video in [www.railscasts.com](http://www.railscasts.com)

best

2009/4/9 Kevin E. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

> > each project is an app rails?
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> > Can this be made ?
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> > Thanks in advance
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