# Rails deployment - application urls

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-deployment-application-urls/150308>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-deployment-application-urls/150308 "2008-10-07T06:14:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jschank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@jschank](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jschank)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-deployment-application-urls/150308/1 "2008-10-07T06:14:51Z")

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Hello,  
I’m finally ready to deploy my first rails app. I’m deploying to my  
own server (so I have root access) which is a mac mini running  
apache2, MySQL, etc. This server sits at the end of a static IP  
address. At the moment I have static content served from apache. For  
example: [http://www.myserver.com/](http://www.myserver.com/) gets my home website.  
[http://www.myserver.com/ical](http://www.myserver.com/ical)  
is where I stuff such things as shared ical calendars. I have some php  
apps deployed also, at addresses like  
[http://www.myserver.com/bugtracker/index.php](http://www.myserver.com/bugtracker/index.php)

I’m deploying using capistrano, (using git, and mongrel), to a  
directory that is completely separate from the normal web docs folder.  
(for example: /Volumes/SomeDrive/MyRailsApp. Here is what has me  
confused…

When I deploy, using cap deploy. I end up with:  
My normal static content shows up if I hit [http://www.myserver.com](http://www.myserver.com)  
If I use [http://www.myserver.com:3000](http://www.myserver.com:3000), then my rails app is served up.

This is probably completely normal…

What I want is have my rails app served when the url is something  
else, like [http://www.myserver.com/myrailsappname](http://www.myserver.com/myrailsappname)  
And I’d like to not have to specify the port in the address.  
Finally, I would like my normal static content to be served when the  
url is [http://www/myserver.com](http://www/myserver.com), and I’d like the things deployed to be  
unaffected (the bug tracker, and ical stuff mentioned above)

Can someone point me in the right direction for solving these  
mysteries?

Do I need to adjust my routes for my rails app, so that is has the  
extra bits at the front ? such as map.root “/myrailsappname” or  
something?

Should I be using VirtualServer in my apache config ?, if so, should I  
use port 3000 instead of 80 ?

Mostly I’m looking for the right topics and keywords to research to  
solve this.

Thanks,  
John Schank