# OS X Server & Ruby on Rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-server-ruby-on-rails/109266>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 12, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-server-ruby-on-rails/109266 "2007-07-12T22:38:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![sshefer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sshefer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sshefer)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-server-ruby-on-rails/109266/1 "2007-07-12T22:38:21Z")

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Not really a question so much as just wondering…

Does anyone have any good links to setting up Ruby on Rails on OS X  
Server to act as a private testing server? I have an old PowerBook  
lying around and with 10.5 coming soon I’d like to migrate the machine  
to have 10.4 and host some Rails apps.

For now I assume I can follow regular RoR install steps and continue,  
but just wondering if someone new of an app or special steps for 10.4  
server.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![sshefer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@sshefer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sshefer)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/os-x-server-ruby-on-rails/109266/2 "2007-07-13T00:14:32Z")

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I don’t think you need to do anything special for Mac OS X Server. I  
use the excellent instructions over on HiveLogic. Now when 10.5 is  
released in October there will be no need to install a  
Rails. It will include a ready to go Ruby on Rails install. This is  
for both development and deployment with Apache and Mongrel.