# Production environment without root access

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-environment-without-root-access/127080>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-environment-without-root-access/127080 "2008-01-24T20:05:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-environment-without-root-access/127080/1 "2008-01-24T20:05:35Z")

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Is there any way to set up a production Rails environment without root  
access?

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**Author:** ![techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5e9695/32.png) [@techwiz18](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/techwiz18)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/production-environment-without-root-access/127080/2 "2008-01-24T21:40:36Z")

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On 24 Jan 2008, at 19:05, Matt Broten wrote:

> Is there any way to set up a production Rails environment without root  
> access?

Absolutely (assuming you’ve got the basic stuff (ruby, apache etc…)  
installed and configured.  
gems can be installed in locations that you can write to, and your  
source can be anywhere you fancy really.

Fred