# IronRuby related gem: iron\_maiden **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [October 14, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-related-gem-iron-maiden/177314 "2009-10-14T19:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
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I just pushed v0.2.0 of a gem I have put together called iron\_maiden to gemcutter. Github: [http://github.com/jwthompson2/iron\_maiden](http://github.com/jwthompson2/iron_maiden) Gemcutter: [RubyGems.org | your community gem host](http://gemcutter.org/gems/iron_maiden) It has a basic IronRuby.Rack template that it will copy into an app via the `gem torture` command. It is still quite rough and mostly untested. I’d love feedback. Thanks, James Thompson ---
**Author:** ![Web\_Administrator](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Web\_Administrator](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Web_Administrator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-related-gem-iron-maiden/177314/2 "2009-10-14T20:08:56Z")
James, I’ve installed using gem and igem without issue, but when I attempt to run torture, it doesn’t seem to be properly recognized if I specify a public path. Is there anything special I need to do with the path?: > gem torture --public TestIMApp1 > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > undefined method `call’ for nil:NilClass > igem torture --public TestIMApp1 > ERROR: While executing gem … (NoMethodError) > undefined method `call’ for nil:NilClass However, if I manually create a directory called “public”, then I can run without any arguments and it seems to setup up appropriately: > mkdir public > igem torture > #Setup message displays properly here. Best Regards, Kevin ---
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Looking further, it looks like an issue in rubygems\_plugin.rb Namely, the call to add\_option within initialize. It looks like that should take a block. Otherwise, I hit the errors mentioned below when rubygems attempts to parse the arguments If its working on your end with arguments, is it possible you have an updated version of rubygems\_plugin.rb ? Best Regards, Kevin On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Kevin R. ---
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Thanks for the patch. Just pushed 0.2.1 to fix the issue you came across. -James ---
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Great, thanks for your help. How did you get it configured for IIS6? I see you had a struggle with it in some earlier posts, but I didn’t catch what you did to resolve it. I’ve tried adding a wildcard handler, and setting to [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) 2.0, but I get 404 errors when trying to hit anything. Once I get it working, maybe I can suggest a default [config.ru](http://config.ru) to add to the site as a placeholder. Thanks again. Best Regards, Kevin ---
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The Web.config I include is one that worked for me on one test system. The two tricks that I haven’t put into the documentation yet is the need for the wildcard handler like you mention, and also to go to the [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) tab in your app’s properties and make sure it is set to the 2.0 option (or better if such exists). I am hoping to get back to my test system this evening and confirm the steps that need to be described beyond the Web.config changes. The other issue is I assume that IronRuby is installed at C:\IronRuby so there are the library path and gem path settings in Web.config that may not be right if my assumption is wrong. That is why I want to switch the Web.config to an ERB template at some point and then attempt to detect those two elements. But that will cause issues for those prepping their app on something other than the deployment system. Like I said, it’s still real rough, but I’m at a point where I need a tool like this, so hopefully I’ll get it smoothed out quickly. -James ---
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Nice. Okay, I’ll continue to play around with it. I still have some XP machines as well, so I might be able to help out with a IIS 5.1 config once I have IIS 6 working well. erb template sounds interesting and useful. Thanks very much for putting this out there. Thinking a lot about deployment right now myself, so this is a big help Best Regards, Kevin