# Radiant Configuration using Apache/Mongrel/MySql **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [March 30, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596 "2007-03-30T05:48:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/1 "2007-03-30T05:48:47Z")
Hi All, I’m reconfiguring my Ubuntu-based Slice for a new Radiant server featuring Apache2, Mongrel, MySql. After some extensive searching there is little if any information on deploying a server with that particular mix. Also read that excellent 96 page Radiant.pdf but had some questions; 1). Is it preferable to use Sqlite3 or MySql on a small business, medium traffic website with Radiant as the frontend? 2). If I install Radiant 0.6.0RC2 which includes Rails 1.2.2, can I upgrade to Rails 1.2.3 with confidence in Radiant remaining fairly stable? 3). Has anyone successfully deployed Radiant using Capistrano/Deprec? With regard to point 3)., I had a try at this today and it failed after the unpack, due to the local system (my desktop) not having a current DB installed & configured. Can this default DB-connection be over-ridden? Great application, looking forward to using it more. Cheers, Ben. ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/2 "2007-03-30T06:11:48Z")
Ben, 1. I would say MySQL, but with the page caching mechanism, sqlite3 might be ok. 2. The mental branch is already on 1.2.3. If you definitely need 1.2.3, use that. 3. It should be pretty simple to set up Radiant with Cap/Deprec, it’s just that you won’t have to login to the SVN server. You’ll want to create some extra tasks to run `rake db:bootstrap` and possibly copy over any local assets you need. In some ways cap/deprec is kind of overkill for Radiant since its distribution packaging is designed to be used in shared hosting environments. Nevertheless, it would be good to have some deployment recipes for Radiant. Sean ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/3 "2007-03-30T06:24:50Z")
Hi Sean, Thanks for the emails. Will be good to see some quality stuff on YouTube for once! I noticed on your blog, that you are using Litespeed for your RadiantCMS site. Which version Litespeed? I was using LSWS-3.0RC2 last week, then hopped back to Apache then to deprec/cap … so I am being a mad-configer at the moment. I just ran radiant-0.6.0RC2 as per the instructions on the weblog; - download, - install, and - unpack … got exactly the same errors as Walter D. did previously (23 march i think). Also the unpack required Rake, which I thought would have been included by default. Quick gem install rake fixed that. cheers Ben. ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/4 "2007-03-30T06:37:51Z")
We used Litespeed for KCKCC, yes. The admin interface was nice and the performance is pretty decent although I don’t know how it compares to Apache2.2/Mongrel. Some of the nice aspects of using LSAPI are automatic management of processes, and the direct connection to the webserver without the overhead of FCGI. Again, though, Radiant is to “blame” for some of the good performance – the 5-minute page cache is a good balance of dynamism and performance. Also, if you have legacy PHP apps, LSAPI is smokin’. Sean ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/5 "2007-03-30T13:30:08Z")
> [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of > Benjamin M. > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:48 PM > 1). Is it preferable to use Sqlite3 or MySql on a small > business, medium traffic website with Radiant as the frontend? For a business, I would not use SQLite. Performance is better (maybe not even measurably in your case), but it’s a much more robust way to store business data. Chris ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/6 "2007-03-30T14:04:14Z")
On Mar 30, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Benjamin M. wrote: > - unpack … got exactly the same errors as Walter D. did > previously (23 march i think). Also the unpack required Rake, which I > thought would have been included by default. Quick gem install rake > fixed that. Glad to hear some confirmation. I was doing this on my Mac/localhost, and was wondering if the issues I saw were mine alone. After I unpacked, nothing at all would work – multiple permissions errors – so I switched to svn/Mental for my exploratory hacking. Which works fine, and I imagine I will be working from source until I wrap my head around how to use a gem. Walter ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/7 "2007-03-30T15:20:32Z")
On 3/30/07, Walter Lee D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > so I switched to svn/Mental for my exploratory hacking. Which works > fine, and I imagine I will be working from source until I wrap my head > around how to use a gem. One thing to speed Radiant up rendering is installing erubis (as a gem for example) and add the following line to “config/environment/production .rb”: * * * ## require “erubis” Speedup was very visible. ---
**Author:** ![benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@benni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benni)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-configuration-using-apache-mongrel-mysql/90596/8 "2007-03-30T15:29:33Z")
Thanks! Will file this away for future use. My problem was more basic, as I could not figure out how to extend the regular Radiant features (add tags and extensions and whatnot) when it was installed as a Gem. First I crawl, then I figure out how to run faster… Walter