# Mongrel/win32/apache2 link modification question **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527 "2006-07-07T18:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/1 "2006-07-07T18:47:50Z")
I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000 pc, by folowing the ‘Serving Multiple Rails Applications on Windows with Apache and Mongrel’ ( [http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz](http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz) ) the question I have is why is why is [http://localhost/myapp/](http://localhost/myapp/) addded to the front of all my links and how can I stop it? origanal link using webrick /employees/edit/1214 now it’s [http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214](http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214) John I. ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/2 "2006-07-07T21:30:13Z")
answer to my problem… a,?address (:host) Address to bind to when listening for connections. \* Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface) thanks for the documentation/site zed. ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/3 "2006-07-07T21:44:00Z")
John: I’m the author of that article. Would you please elaborate more on your problem? Are you using the reverse\_proxy\_fix plugin? ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/4 "2006-07-07T22:10:07Z")
I am using the reverse\_proxy\_fix plugin. my web server is a 2k box we’ll call ‘webserver’. when I accessed [http://webserver/myapp/controller](http://webserver/myapp/controller) locally the page shows up, but the links point to [http://localhost/myapp//controller/action/id](http://localhost/myapp//controller/action/id) (this is from the source from the displayed page) my stylesheet was pionting to [http://localhost/myapp//stylesheets/scaffold.css?1147879980](http://localhost/myapp//stylesheets/scaffold.css?1147879980) which will work as long as i’m on webserver. If I went to another pc, say ‘winxp’ and I went to ‘[http://webserver/myapp/controller](http://webserver/myapp/controller)’ the page displays, but the links don’t ‘work’ because it is trying to access localhost. follow? so I stoped and removed the mongrel sevice then I reinstalled using this. mongrel\_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001 -e development -a 192.168.10.246 (it’s an internal server) and started the service. it’s running. Now I go to [http://webserver/myapp/controller](http://webserver/myapp/controller) all the links go to /controller/action/id (from web page source). so now the links don’t work because the app name (myapp) is not in the url path. do I need to do something with route? I would actually like hide the application from the URL. so instead of [http://server/myapp/controller](http://server/myapp/controller) it would be [http://server/controller](http://server/controller) I’m not sure If I confused you or made it more clear thanks. john ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/5 "2006-07-07T22:29:22Z")
I’m not sure you’re using the reverse\_proxy\_fix plugin correctly. The plugin only works properly in PRODUCTION mode Make sure you configure the config.rb file to point to the correct outbound address you need. [http://server/controller/myapp/](http://server/controller/myapp/) Then mongrel\_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001-e production -a 192.168.10.246 The plugin will fix your URLs for you. To make it just [http://server/controller](http://server/controller) you will need to modify the proxy settings in Apache (remove the alias folder and use document root). Then change the path in the config.rb for reverse\_proxy\_fix to point to [http://server/controller](http://server/controller) Don’t touch routes! ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/6 "2006-07-08T03:36:30Z")
On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 14:29 -0500, John I. wrote: > answer to my problem… > > a,â??address (:host) > Address to bind to when listening for connections. > \* Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface) > > thanks for the documentation/site zed. Another approach is to set the X-Fowarded-For header in the web server in front. Weird thing is Apache is supposed to do this already when it proxies a connection. Mongrel will pick-up this header and set REMOTE\_HOST to it so that rails gets the routing and rewrites correct. Run your app with one mongrel and the -B option turned on for a couple requests. Then go look at the log/mongrel\_debug/rails.log file and see what headers it’s giving to your rails app. If REMOTE\_HOST says localhost then something’s not right with your apache config. If you don’t see X\_FORWARDED\_FOR as well then research via google how to set it with mod\_header and force it to the vhost. – 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.railsmachine.com/](http://www.railsmachine.com/) – Need Mongrel support? ---
**Author:** ![John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@John\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_I)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-win32-apache2-link-modification-question/97527/7 "2006-07-10T18:49:56Z")
Brian, Got it to work, I didn’t notice i was in development mode. thanks for you help. john