# Tell whether it is mod\_ruby or not

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tell-whether-it-is-mod-ruby-or-not/118600>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 29, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tell-whether-it-is-mod-ruby-or-not/118600 "2007-10-29T11:32:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/winterheat)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tell-whether-it-is-mod-ruby-or-not/118600/1 "2007-10-29T11:32:21Z")

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there usually is mod\_perl or mod\_php installed with the webservers… i  
wonder if ruby works, is there a way to tell whether it is a newly  
spawned process every time, or is it built in as mod\_ruby?

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**Author:** ![winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/winterheat)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tell-whether-it-is-mod-ruby-or-not/118600/2 "2007-10-29T13:56:12Z")

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On Oct 29, 12:32 pm, SpringFlowers AutumnMoon  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ## there usually is mod\_perl or mod\_php installed with the webservers… i wonder if ruby works, is there a way to tell whether it is a newly spawned process every time, or is it built in as mod\_ruby?
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> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

First you have to tell if it’s Ruby, assuming you’re on the client  
side 🙂

Otherwise, you should check the web server config.