# Mongrel progress uploader with remote upload server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-progress-uploader-with-remote-upload-server/104528>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 19, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-progress-uploader-with-remote-upload-server/104528 "2007-05-19T00:13:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-progress-uploader-with-remote-upload-server/104528/1 "2007-05-19T00:13:18Z")

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Hi all,

I seem to be having a problem getting the mongrel progress uploader  
working on a remote upload server.

Right now I have it setup where my website is running mongrel cluster, I  
have loaded the mongrel progress plugin with it and I am using the drb  
service. Everything works great this way.

What I really want to do is have a dedicated upload server (e.g.  
[upload.server.com](http://upload.server.com)) so I can separate it physically from my web/app  
server. The problem I am having is that the upload server does not seem  
to be communicating with the DRB service (which is local on the upload  
server box) to tell it the progress of the upload. The webserver hits  
the DRB service fine, but it gets back an error when it doesn’t get  
returned the progress of the upload that is supposed to be happening.

Is there a trick to setting up the mongrel progress plugin so it can  
take an upload from a remote server? Do I have to set the path  
differently in the mongrel\_progress.conf? Any help would be  
appreciated. Thanks.

Andy