# Ruby-fcgi on Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fcgi-on-windows/81461>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 9, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fcgi-on-windows/81461 "2007-01-09T03:59:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fcgi-on-windows/81461/1 "2007-01-09T03:59:21Z")

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I’m getting ready to deploy a Ruby on Rails application on a Windows  
server using Apache 2.0 and FastCGI. However, I’m having trouble  
compiling the ruby-fcgi bindings for Windows. Does anyone know where I  
can find some pre-compiled binaries, or at least a guide on how to  
compile the bindings? If no binaries are available, is there a way to  
use a pure ruby version, and if so how?

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-fcgi-on-windows/81461/2 "2007-01-09T06:48:32Z")

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First off, don’t bother. It’s not going to give you what you want. Get  
Apache 2.2, install Mongrel on Windows, and configure your system to use  
that setup. Let me know if you need help. I do have instructions on my  
site at

[http://www.napcs.com/howto/rails/deploy/index.html](http://www.napcs.com/howto/rails/deploy/index.html)

including one on FastCGI, but I really really don’t recommend that one.

Let me know if I can be of more assistance.