# Step-by-step instructions for rubyworks & radiant setup

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-for-rubyworks-radiant-setup/124993>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [January 4, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-for-rubyworks-radiant-setup/124993 "2008-01-04T12:48:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J.F.Sebastian)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-for-rubyworks-radiant-setup/124993/1 "2008-01-04T12:48:50Z")

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Hello everybody,

because I have to setup radiant&rubyworks installations again and again,  
I made a step-by-step instruction list for setting up debian, mysql and  
rubyworks (in a vmware) and how to install radiant on top of this.

I hope you like it:

Installation of debian, mysql and rubyworks (in a vmware)

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Installation of radiant on top

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Best regards,  
J.F.

p.s. feel free to comment and suggest improvements.  
p.s.s. I’m looking for new rails projects (bay area) - please contact me  
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**Author:** ![J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J.F.Sebastian)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-for-rubyworks-radiant-setup/124993/2 "2008-01-04T14:29:02Z")

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What kind of experience have you had with rubyworks? Are there any  
valid  
reasons to consider changing from a load balanced mongrel setup?

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**Author:** ![J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@J.F.Sebastian](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/J.F.Sebastian)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/step-by-step-instructions-for-rubyworks-radiant-setup/124993/3 "2008-01-04T18:16:20Z")

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Chris,

> What kind of experience have you had with rubyworks? Are there any valid  
> reasons to consider changing from a load balanced mongrel setup?

My experiences with rubyworks was 90% positive. It’s a very reliable and  
easy to install enviroment.

some minor issues:

- not everything is available for all distributions, especially I  
couldn’t  
get rmagick running on debian 64bit (should be fixed soon)
- monit supports sending email when server are being restarted (because  
they don’t respond anymore). But the (stable) version used in rubyworks  
doesn’t support smtp authentification.
- for a high load enviroment there should be an additional webserver  
which  
delivers the static content. This is missing in rubyworks right now (but  
one developer told me that they plan this for the next major release)

The pro and cons of haproxy for load balancing are discussed here:  
[http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/manual/haproxy.html](http://rubyworks.rubyforge.org/manual/haproxy.html)

But even with these minor issues, rubyworks is still an pleasure to work  
with. Everything works out of the box and is preconfigured in a good  
way.

best regards,  
J.F.

p.s. I’m looking for new rails projects (bay area or remote) - please  
contact me if you need a helping hand - removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid