# Running Ruby on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 15, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196 "2006-10-15T12:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 12:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/1 "2006-10-15T12:11:56Z")
Hi, If mod\_ruby is only available for \*nix systems, how can I code ruby scripts into HTML files without using rails? Does webrick still work? It also seems that eRuby no longer exists so how would apache be set up to handle embedded rubY? thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/2 "2006-10-15T17:12:32Z")
On 10/15/06, Sir P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > It also seems that eRuby no longer exists so how would apache be set up > to handle embedded rubY? You can run it via CGI method. I just found the article here: [http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094](http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3094) Regards, ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/3 "2006-10-15T18:18:40Z")
Sir P. wrote: > If mod\_ruby is only available for \*nix systems, how can I code ruby > scripts into HTML files without using rails? Does webrick still work? Webrick works happily, I thought. Alternately, gang up Apache with Mongrel for more speed? (I’d avoid lighttpd since I don’t trust that Cygwin doesn’t do Cruel and Unusual things to IO performance.) David V. ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/4 "2006-10-15T19:06:50Z")
On 10/15/06, David V. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Sir P. wrote: > > > If mod\_ruby is only available for \*nix systems, how can I code ruby > > scripts into HTML files without using rails? Does webrick still work? > > Webrick works happily, I thought. Right. Either use Webrick’s cgi handler - there was a thread on this a few weeks ago - or write a special handler. The same should be possible with Mongrel. ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/5 "2006-10-15T20:04:32Z")
> The same should be possible with Mongrel. You may want to check out Ezra’s latest project [1], it looks quite promising. It’s called Merb (Merb == Mongrel + Erb) Nathan [1] [http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/10/09/introducing-the-merb](http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/10/09/introducing-the-merb) ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/6 "2006-10-15T20:57:01Z")
Sir P. wrote: > Hi, > > If mod\_ruby is only available for \*nix systems, how can I code ruby > scripts into HTML files without using rails? Does webrick still work? > > It also seems that eRuby no longer exists so how would apache be set up > to handle embedded rubY? > > thanks 🙂 I’m not sure what you’re trying to do with Ruby, but what you describe is mere inches away from “Instant Rails”, so I’d download that and start experimenting! ---
**Author:** ![vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e19adc/32.png) [@vincpa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vincpa)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-ruby-on-windows/72196/7 "2006-10-15T21:27:04Z")
On Oct 15, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Nathan G. wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). [http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/10/15/merb-gets-cool-routes-and-file-](http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/10/15/merb-gets-cool-routes-and-file-) uploads 😉 Cheers- – Ezra Z. – Lead Rails Architect – removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid – Engine Y., Serious Rails Hosting – Reliability, Ease of Use, Scalability – (866) 518-YARD (9273)