# Rails With Apache?!?!?!?!?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 25, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-apache/48852 "2005-11-25T17:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nmealey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-apache/48852/1 "2005-11-25T17:51:52Z")
I am at my wits end trying to get Rails running through Apache. After digging through countless “how-tos” on the web, I’m stuck. I’m running Suse 10, Apache 2, and want to be able to enter in my PCs IP and a subdirectory and bring up the Rails upp, e.g. 192.168.10.10/railsapp But I cannot figure how to do so. This is my virtualhost declaration: \ ServerName railsapp DocumentRoot /home/nathan/rails/railsapp/public \ Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AllowOverride all Allow from all Order allow,deny Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to accomplish this? Thanks in advance, Nathan Nathan M. Operations Director Northeast Region Pilgrim IT, LLC NORTHEAST OFFICE 1 Short Street Northampton, MA 01060 TEL 866.434.4976 FAX 413.587.0572 MIDWEST OFFICE 1815 Brownsboro Road Louisville, KY 40206 TEL 502.721.7939 FAX 502.721.7940 NOTICE: This email and any attachments are intended only for the addressee and may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email or by calling 866-434-4976. You should then delete the message and any attachments or copies. If you are not the intended recipient, you are prohibited from retaining, distributing, disclosing or using any information contained herein. ---
**Author:** ![nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nmealey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-apache/48852/2 "2005-11-25T18:08:00Z")
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Nathan M. wrote: > I’m running Suse 10, Apache 2, and want to be able to enter in my PCs IP > and a subdirectory and bring up the Rails upp, e.g. > 192.168.10.10/railsapp What errors do you actually get? What gets logged in the server logs when the browser fails to get your app? > But I cannot figure how to do so. > > This is my virtualhost declaration: > > \ > ServerName railsapp If that is the name of your application should it be a server name as well? > ``` > DocumentRoot /home/nathan/rails/railsapp/public > > Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks > AllowOverride all > Allow from all > Order allow,deny > > > ``` and you have the stuff like: AddType application/x-httpd-eruby .rhtml Action application/x-http-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby setup as well? [http://www.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/GettingStartedWithRails](http://www.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/GettingStartedWithRails) > Can anyone point me in the right direction for how to accomplish this? # [http://www.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/GettingStartedWithRails](http://www.rubyonrails.com/rails/show/GettingStartedWithRails) was of help to me as far as I got. I’ve not finished yet. > Thanks in advance, > > Nathan ``` Hugh ``` ---
**Author:** ![nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nmealey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-apache/48852/3 "2005-11-25T18:12:03Z")
On 25 Nov 2005, at 16:46, Nathan M. wrote: > ``` > Allow from all > Order allow,deny > > > ``` And what happens when you point a browser to: [http://railsapp/](http://railsapp/) ---
**Author:** ![nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nmealey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nmealey)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-apache/48852/4 "2005-11-26T16:01:56Z")
Nathan M. wrote: > I am at my wits end trying to get Rails running through Apache. After > digging through countless ?how-tos? on the web, I?m stuck. > > I?m running Suse 10, Apache 2, and want to be able to enter in my PCs IP > and a subdirectory and bring up the Rails upp, e.g. 192.168.10.10/railsapp > > But I cannot figure how to do so. What you are looking for is advice on how to run multiple Rails apps on the same server, without using virtual hosts. I haven’t tried it yet, but Scott L.'s advice here looks promising: > **[Apache tuning for Rails and FastCGI :: scottstuff.net](https://scottstuff.net/blog/articles/2005/07/20/apache-tuning-for-rails-and-fastcgi/index.html)** > > There’s a surprisingly small amount of documentation out there on tuning Apache for optimum Rails performance. Almost everyone mentions the first step (use FastCGI, not regular CGI), but that’s such a huge performance boost that it’s really... He says you should have a FastCgiServer line for each application. See comments 2 and 8 on the article, and Scott’s responses. Example (from comment 2) FastCgiServer /rails\_app\_1/dispatch.fcgi -idle-timeout 120 -initial-env RAILS\_ENV=production -processes 10 FastCgiServer /rails\_app\_2/dispatch.fcgi -idle-timeout 120 -initial-env RAILS\_ENV=production -processes 10 (note that the numbers of statically allocated processes here are high - Scott says 2 should be fine unless you are dealing with heavy traffic) Please tell us if that works for you. regards ``` Justin ```