# LiteSpeed for Ruby on Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309 "2006-09-02T02:46:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 2:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/1 "2006-09-02T02:46:18Z")

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Wow! Has anyone tried LiteSpeed for serving Ruby on Rails? Very easy  
setup. I was done in 5 minutes on Linux (Fedora Core 5). I am  
completely amazed at this little web server. I followed the Wiki  
instructions and bang, I’m up and running in no time.

[http://www.litespeedtech.com/support/wiki/doku.php?id=litespeed\_wiki:ruby\_rails\_easy](http://www.litespeedtech.com/support/wiki/doku.php?id=litespeed_wiki:ruby_rails_easy)

It even ties into Mongrel if you want.

Very cool stuff going on at LiteSpeed.  
(I’m not affiliated with LiteSpeed, just very impressed with what they  
got)

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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/2 "2006-09-02T04:17:59Z")

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I’d like to use it, but I can’t see myself paying $400 for a web server.

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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/3 "2006-09-02T05:07:47Z")

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On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 02:46 +0200, Mark H. wrote:

> (I’m not affiliated with LiteSpeed, just very impressed with what they  
> got)

Yep, litespeed is a great solution. I really wish they’d quit focusing  
on its speed and instead start marketing it as the perfect solution for  
in-house configurations by people with limited deployment knowledge.  
Targeting the “medium” sized in-house development shops that need  
commercial support and an “Enterprise Application Server” before their  
software can even touch a production system would sell litespeed like  
crazy.

They could totally own the “But all we have are BLANK administrators!”  
market. Setting BLANK to “WebSphere”, “IIS”, “.NET”, “MCSE”, “WebLogic”,  
“Oracle”, or whatever management thinks up.

But, instead they insist on comparing their performance with other  
servers, which really only developers care about and developers don’t  
buy the software.

Anyway, I like litespeed too. I’m telling people who have no sysadmin  
experience at all to go grab it. $400 is nothing compared to time lost  
learning Unix wizardry.

–  
Zed A. Shaw

> **[Zed A. shaw](https://zedshaw.com/)**
>
> Personal essays and writings by Zed A. Shaw.

[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/)  
[http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8](http://www.lingr.com/room/3yXhqKbfPy8) – Come get help.

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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/4 "2006-09-02T18:04:36Z")

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> >

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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/5 "2006-09-03T04:44:33Z")

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Robert G. wrote:

> I’d like to use it, but I can’t see myself paying $400 for a web server.

The standard version is free.

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**Author:** ![markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@markh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/markh)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/litespeed-for-ruby-on-rails/67309/6 "2006-09-03T12:46:35Z")

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Zed S. wrote:

> Anyway, I like litespeed too. I’m telling people who have no sysadmin  
> experience at all to go grab it.

It’s not only a good solution for people without experience.

> $400 is nothing compared to time lost learning Unix wizardry.

The standard version (limited to 300 concurrent conenctions) is free.