# Need recommendations for apache configurations **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 28, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375 "2006-07-28T17:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/1 "2006-07-28T17:18:59Z")
I’m running a rails app on FedoraCore4 and so far have been using lighttpd and fastcgi. I’ve decided to switch to apache because lighttpd has been far too unstable, unpredictable, and slow. I don’t know if it’s lighttpd or the combination of lighttpd and fastcgi but it’s just not working for me. I need something that has been proven to work and apache definately has. I’ve been reading around I’ve discovered that certain installations of apache and mod\_fcgi may be unstable but I haven’t really found any up to date information. Can anyone recommend a good, fast, and stable combination of apache and fastcgi? Which versions of each should I use? Should I use mod\_fcgi or mod\_fcgid? ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/2 "2006-07-28T17:36:44Z")
The “kick butt” scenario is Apache + Mongrel (no fastcgi needed). If you can dump fcgi and go to monrgel, check out: [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/index.html](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/index.html) [http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/](http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/) I don’t have good links handy for Apache + fcgi (or fcgid). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/3 "2006-07-28T21:43:32Z")
Andrew S. wrote: > The “kick butt” scenario is Apache + Mongrel (no fastcgi needed). > > If you can dump fcgi and go to monrgel, check out: > > [http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/index.html](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/index.html) > > [http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/](http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/) > > I don’t have good links handy for Apache + fcgi (or fcgid). ☹ I looked inot Mongrel and it actually looks pretty cool. So while attempting to install the latest version I can across a problem. I don’t have the latest version of ruby. How do I go about updating it so I can test Mongrel out? ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/4 "2006-07-28T22:47:05Z")
Hi Sean, this obviously depends on which environment your on. I for example am on gentoo linux or windows. On windows the one-click-installer ( [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/)) is your friend. On gentoo it’s as easy as emerge -u world or emerge -u ruby So ymmv. What system is it that you are on. Probably someone else is using is and might jump in to help you… Cheers, Jan ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/5 "2006-07-28T22:50:58Z")
Jan P. wrote: > Hi Sean, > > this obviously depends on which environment your on. I for example am on > gentoo linux or windows. On windows the one-click-installer ( > [http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyinstaller/)) is your friend. On gentoo > it’s > as easy as emerge -u world or emerge -u ruby > > So ymmv. What system is it that you are on. Probably someone else is > using > is and might jump in to help you… > > Cheers, > Jan I’m using FedoraCore4 ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/6 "2006-07-28T22:59:52Z")
My first guess was something like rpm -U ruby-1.8.4.rpm . Then I found [http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/1386](http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/1386) . Do you know the update manager yum? I’ve never been on Fedora myself. But a bit of googling or searching on the mailing list archives should get you going in no time… Cheers, Jan ---
**Author:** ![bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bungoman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bungoman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/need-recommendations-for-apache-configurations/100375/7 "2006-07-31T17:28:19Z")
Jan P. wrote: > My first guess was something like rpm -U ruby-1.8.4.rpm . Then I found > [http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/1386](http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/1386) . Do you know the update manager > yum? > I’ve never been on Fedora myself. But a bit of googling or searching on > the > mailing list archives should get you going in no time… > > Cheers, > Jan For some reason I apparently have two installs of ruby on this machine (I didn’t set it up, so I can’t tell you how this happened). One of them is the one from the yum installer and the other seems to have been installed manually. The ruby install that is being used is 1.8.2 and resides in /usr/local/bin/ and the other one is up to date (because I updated it with yum) and is in /usr/bin/. Unfortunately everything that uses ruby so far seems to be relying on the 1.8.2 install and I don’t know an easy way to change that. Does ruby not have some kind of update command or its own updater?