# Recommended webserver for deploying Rails

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 18, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185 "2009-03-18T03:41:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185/1 "2009-03-18T03:41:14Z")

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Dear all,

What is the best architecture in terms of performance for Rails. Is  
lighttpd + mongrel the most recommended deployment architecture for  
Rails? Or is there any better architecture that outperform this  
architecture?

Thank you very much in advance.

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185/2 "2009-03-18T10:15:00Z")

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phusion passenger + apache?  
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Joshua P. wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> What is the best architecture in terms of performance for Rails. Is  
> lighttpd + mongrel the most recommended deployment architecture for  
> Rails? Or is there any better architecture that outperform this  
> architecture?
> 
> Thank you very much in advance.

# –

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185/3 "2009-03-18T10:37:22Z")

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On Mar 18, 2:40 am, Joshua P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> What is the best architecture in terms of performance for Rails. Is  
> lighttpd + mongrel the most recommended deployment architecture for  
> Rails? Or is there any better architecture that outperform this  
> architecture?

As far as I can tell the big 2 these days are nginx + mongrel, apache

- passenger and probably quite a few people using apache + mongrel.

Fred

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185/4 "2009-03-18T16:43:14Z")

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Well, in my experience there are probably three ways to go:

apache + passenger\*  
apache + mongrel/thin  
nginx + mongrel/thin

Personally, I run with just apache + passenger from this point  
forward. It has done everything I need, and has had zero downtime due  
to the configuration, and more due to my idiotic way of handling  
airflow inside the server case.

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**Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recommended-webserver-for-deploying-rails/163185/5 "2009-03-18T16:55:22Z")

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Joshua P. wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> What is the best architecture in terms of performance for Rails. Is  
> lighttpd + mongrel the most recommended deployment architecture for  
> Rails?  
> […]

I think most people are either using Passenger (my current choice) or  
one of the Thin-based solutions. JRuby inside a Java servlet container  
might be worth looking at too; I’ve never gone that route, but JRuby is  
supposed to be very fast. OTOH, Java servlet containers can be a pain.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
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