# RE: Ideal Ruby on Rails Development Environment on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 29, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557 "2006-06-29T17:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/1 "2006-06-29T17:15:00Z")
Dustan, I think Postgresql would be a nice addition. I for one use it a lot, but finding web hosts that support it is difficult. Also, the phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin are nice-to-have’s (no flames from the hard-core console users please 😉 Anyway, that’s my contribution. Good luck with your effort, and post back once it’s alive. Nathan ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/2 "2006-06-29T18:42:55Z")
+1 on Nathan’s and Ross’s comments. ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/3 "2006-06-29T23:39:26Z")
What about lighttpd? ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/4 "2006-06-29T19:57:22Z")
On 6/29/06, Andrew S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > +1 on Nathan’s and Ross’s comments. Ditto. Postgresql has become a lot more popular in the last couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/5 "2006-06-30T00:44:25Z")
Hi Blair, Well, yeah. Me too. But I already run apps on lighttpd, and there’s probably room for lighttpd in between apache and mongrel. Don’t you think so? - S ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/6 "2006-06-30T00:35:06Z")
Stephen S. wrote: > What about lighttpd? See this blog article: [http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2006/06/webaspipe](http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2006/06/webaspipe) I would rather see mongrel. Regards, Blair – Blair Z., Ph.D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subversion training, consulting and support [http://www.orcaware.com/svn/](http://www.orcaware.com/svn/) ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/7 "2006-06-30T02:44:08Z")
On 6/29/06, Stephen S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi Blair, > > Well, yeah. Me too. > > But I already run apps on lighttpd, and there’s probably room for lighttpd > in between apache and mongrel. Don’t you think so? > > - S Do phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin run on lighttpd? -L ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/8 "2006-06-30T02:53:43Z")
On Thu Jun 29, 2006 at 05:43:18PM -0700, Larry K. wrote: > > > > Do phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin run on lighttpd? yep. and websvn, and all the other little php apps that make development easier/better/faster/convenient i suspect it wouldnt be too hard to get mongrel to exec php-cgi, although i havent investigated > – > Best Regards, > -Larry > “Work, work, work…there is no satisfactory alternative.” > — E.Taft Benson ---
**Author:** ![nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/df705f/32.png) [@nathandelane](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nathandelane)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ideal-ruby-on-rails-development-environment-on-linux/96557/9 "2006-06-30T04:16:39Z")
In my opinion, if you are going to be running apache and “something”, let it be apache and mongrel. Seems like the best option if you already have an established server that has been running apache, bunch of php/perl apps, etc, in a multi-host environment. If you have the luxury of getting away with running one (new server setup), then probably go with lighttpd because then you can use php. From: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Larry K. Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 5:43 PM To: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Subject: Re: [Rails] Ideal Ruby on Rails Development Environment on Linux On 6/29/06, Stephen S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: Hi Blair, Well, yeah. Me too. \ But I already run apps on lighttpd, and there’s probably room for lighttpd in between apache and mongrel. Don’t you think so? - S Do phpMyAdmin and phpPgAdmin run on lighttpd? -L