# New to Rails, hopefully this is an easy one

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-hopefully-this-is-an-easy-one/104163>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [May 14, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-hopefully-this-is-an-easy-one/104163 "2007-05-14T22:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-hopefully-this-is-an-easy-one/104163/1 "2007-05-14T22:18:07Z")

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I’m looking to bring up 3 different rails apps on one box. Each as a  
subdomain.

app1.site.edu  
app2.site.edu  
app3.site.edu

I won’t have to worry about speed, load, etc., as I’m just looking to  
test them with a small user population for a while.

What’s the best/simplest route to take? Can anyone point to some  
documentation. I keep reading about mongrel/nginx, but I’m not sure I  
need that.

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-hopefully-this-is-an-easy-one/104163/2 "2007-05-14T23:33:19Z")

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Depending on your environment, LightSpeed ([http://litespeedtech.com/](http://litespeedtech.com/))  
might be your best bet wrt getting these three sites up fast.

The install takes about 10 minutes on OSX, \*nix, etc. and  
configuration isn’t too bad. They have a preconfigured setup for  
Rails…

Chris

On 5/14/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> What’s the best/simplest route to take? Can anyone point to some  
> documentation. I keep reading about mongrel/nginx, but I’m not sure I  
> need that.
> 
> >

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Best Regards,

Chris

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-rails-hopefully-this-is-an-easy-one/104163/3 "2007-05-14T23:53:25Z")

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+1  
Aside from pointing your browser directly at a mongrel, LiteSpeed is  
probably the easiest and simplest way to get several rails apps up  
and running quickly.

On May 14, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Chris J. wrote:

Depending on your environment, LightSpeed ([http://litespeedtech.com/](http://litespeedtech.com/))  
might be your best bet wrt getting these three sites up fast.

The install takes about 10 minutes on OSX, \*nix, etc. and  
configuration isn’t too bad. They have a preconfigured setup for  
Rails…

Chris