# Rails on lighttpd through proxy **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997 "2005-11-28T13:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 1:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/1 "2005-11-28T13:51:56Z")
Hi All, We have a PHP site running on apache 1.3 and Im trying to graft typo onto it at /blog/. Ive got the running using the symlink method but apache/fastcgi are clunky to say the least so I want to move typo over to lighttpd. Ive got this all working and Im now trying to get a proxy working through from apache. Im using this: RewriteRule ^/blog/?(.\*)$ [http://blog.myorg.net:8080/$1](http://blog.myorg.net:8080/$1) [P] This is working fine apart from Rails thinks its at the root of the site so all the links (from link\_to etc) come out as /articles/whatever instead of /blog/articles/whatever. Does anyone know of a way around this or even an alternative set up which might work. I would even consider moving the PHP portion of the site over if that makes it easier. Any wisdom on this? Ive ploughed through all the wiki and other articles on the subject but found no solution as yet. Hope someone can help me out, Ive been tearing my hair out over this for days… Thanks in advance for saving what’s left of my hair, – Dan W. [http://www.danwebb.net](http://www.danwebb.net) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/2 "2005-11-28T14:52:44Z")
On 11/28/05, Dan W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > This is working fine apart from Rails thinks its at the root of the > Thanks in advance for saving what’s left of my hair, > > – > Dan W. > [http://www.danwebb.net](http://www.danwebb.net) > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) Use ProxyPass /blog [http://blog.myorg.net:8080](http://blog.myorg.net:8080) ProxyPassReverse /blog [http://blog.myorg.net:8080](http://blog.myorg.net:8080) in the config of the apache playing the role of proxy. Raph ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/3 "2005-11-28T15:25:16Z")
Raphael B. wrote: > On 11/28/05, Dan W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > /articles/whatever instead of /blog/articles/whatever. Does anyone > > know of a way around this or even an alternative set up which might > > work. I would even consider moving the PHP portion of the site over > > if that makes it easier. Any wisdom on this? Ive ploughed through > > all the wiki and other articles on the subject but found no solution > > as yet. > Use > ProxyPass /blog [http://blog.myorg.net:8080](http://blog.myorg.net:8080) > ProxyPassReverse /blog [http://blog.myorg.net:8080](http://blog.myorg.net:8080) You’ll probably also need the (brand-new) strip-request-uri option in lighttpd, discussed here: [http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2005/11/23/lighttpd-1-4-8-and-multiple-rails-apps](http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2005/11/23/lighttpd-1-4-8-and-multiple-rails-apps) Seems to be the moral equivalent of RewriteBase in apache. Chris. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/4 "2005-11-28T16:25:56Z")
Thanks very much, I’ll try that. I’ve been trying to use proxypassreverse but to know avail so far. What does proxypassreverse do exactly? Does it just fix the redirects? Thanks, Dan On 11/28/05, Chris A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > > > > > ProxyPass /blog [http://blog.myorg.net:8080](http://blog.myorg.net:8080) > > Chris. > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – Dan W. [http://www.danwebb.net](http://www.danwebb.net) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/5 "2005-11-28T23:14:54Z")
Hi, After some reading of actionpacks source code I came up with a really nice solution to this problem (and other related problems) so I thought I’d post here for anyone else who might be interested. In one of the environment files add: ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative\_url\_root = “/blog” where /blog is the directory your rails app will work under. This causes Routes and all the url helpers to work correctly under lighty (on apache action pack works this out for itself). Thanks, – Dan W. [http://www.danwebb.net](http://www.danwebb.net) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-lighttpd-through-proxy/48997/6 "2005-11-28T17:10:30Z")
Dan W. wrote: > Thanks very much, I’ll try that. I’ve been trying to use > proxypassreverse but to know avail so far. > > What does proxypassreverse do exactly? Does it just fix the redirects? Yeah, that’s it. The important part of the fix is the lighttpd option though – I think you can successfully use either the mod\_rewrite or the ProxyPass style of configuring Apache. Chris.