# Multiple Rails apps with SCGI? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [December 10, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954 "2005-12-10T22:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cool_screen_name900)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954/1 "2005-12-10T22:02:40Z")
I have two different Rails directories and I’m trying to get scgi to serve both of them. There don’t appear to be any docs on how to do this. I thought perhaps it was cluster, but that appears to be just for concurrent connections in the same Rails directory. As it is now, I can get my first Rails directory to work, but the second just displays ‘bad gateway’ errors. I’ve started scgi in both Rails directories. I guess the missing link is in Lighty’s config, but I don’t know how to make requests for specific hosts go to specific scgi servers. My lighty config: scgi.server = ( “dispatch.scgi” =\> (( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 9999, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time”=\>0 )) ) I also played around with clusters: scgi.server = ( “dispatch.scgi” =\> ( “server1” =\> ( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 9999, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time” =\> 0 ), “server2” =\> ( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 10000, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time” =\> 0 ), “server3” =\> ( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 10001, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time” =\> 0 ), “server4” =\> ( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 10100, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time” =\> 0 ) ) ) I set scgi in the second Rails directory to use port 10100. But I still get ‘bad gateway’ errors. I’ve tried everything I can think of and still can’t get it to work. Has anybody been able to get scgi to serve different Rails directories? thanks for any help, csn * * * Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > **[Yahoo Mail - Organized Email](https://mail.yahoo.com)** > > It's time to get stuff done with Yahoo Mail. Just add your Gmail, Outlook, AOL or Yahoo Mail to get going. We automatically organize all the things life throws at you, like receipts and attachments, so you can find what you need fast. Plus, we've got... ---
**Author:** ![cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cool_screen_name900)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954/2 "2005-12-10T22:31:11Z")
Hi, CSN, don’t know how to do it with lighty, but I’m running multiple scgi apps as VirtualHosts on Apache. Therefore I’m starting scgi\_ctrl start with different ports on the different directorys and define the SCGI-Mounts in VirtualHost-directives that serve these directories. Maybe this is an option for you. regards Jan ---
**Author:** ![cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cool_screen_name900)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954/3 "2005-12-10T23:12:04Z")
You need to make vhosts in lighttpd.conf for each rails app. So make one of these sections for each rails app with a different domain name. Here is a sample. vhost: $HTTP[“host”] =~ “(www.)?example.com” { server.document-root = “/home/username/railsapp/public/” server.error-handler-404 = “/dispatch.scgi” server.indexfiles = ( “index.php”, “index.html”, “index.htm”, “default.htm” ) scgi.debug=0 scgi.server = ( “dispatch.scgi” =\> (( “host” =\> “127.0.0.1”, “port” =\> 9999, “check-local” =\> “disable”, “disable-time”=\>0 )) ) } Cheers- -Ezra On Dec 10, 2005, at 1:00 PM, CSN wrote: > how to make requests for specific hosts go to specific scgi > > ``` > "port" => 10000, > "host" => "127.0.0.1", > > ``` > > work. Has anybody been able to get > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) -Ezra Z. WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 509-577-7732 ---
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Aaahh… that was the missing link. Thanks! I was curious to see if I could put scgi’s config params in just one vhost, and hopefully the global scgi params would be the default for all other vhosts that didn’t have scgi config stuff. Doesn’t appear to work - the vhost with scgi params worked, but the others displayed 404 errors. csn — Ezra Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > scgi.server = ( “dispatch.scgi” =\> (( > > > scgi in both Rails directories. I guess the missing link is in > > > > ``` > > "server2" => ( > > ), > > > > ``` > > > > still get ‘bad gateway’ errors. > > [http://mail.yahoo.com](http://mail.yahoo.com) > > 509-577-7732 > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) * * * Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > **[\[object](https://mail.yahoo.com/)** > > \[object ---
**Author:** ![cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cool_screen_name900)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954/5 "2005-12-11T04:58:32Z")
Also, you can use different local IP’s, keeping the ports the same. Try 127.0.0.2, 127.0.0.3, etc. ---
**Author:** ![cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cool\_screen\_name900](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cool_screen_name900)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 12:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/multiple-rails-apps-with-scgi/49954/6 "2005-12-11T00:21:35Z")
On Dec 10, 2005, at 2:59 PM, CSN wrote: > csn CSN- ``` Take a look at mod_simple_vhost. with that you can have a fall back ``` rails app for when nothing else matches. Cheers- -Ezra > > server.indexfiles = ( “index.php”, “index.html”, > > > > > As it is now, I can get my > > > “check-local” =\> “disable”, > > > “check-local” =\> “disable”, > > > “port” =\> 10001, > > > ) > > > > > > * * * > > > > WebMaster > > * * * > > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > [http://mail.yahoo.com](http://mail.yahoo.com) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) -Ezra Z. WebMaster Yakima Herald-Republic Newspaper removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 509-577-7732