# Using Mongrel but not Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mongrel-but-not-rails/90887>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mongrel-but-not-rails/90887 "2007-04-02T19:06:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodieboy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mongrel-but-not-rails/90887/1 "2007-04-02T19:06:58Z")

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Hi,

This is not really rails related… but a question about Mongrel. I  
can’t seem to find this information anywhere. We’ve got an application  
here running Apache Solr/Lucene and am interested in having a cluster  
of Mogrel’s + Apache w/load balancer run it. Anyone have any idea how  
this can be done? Any of the most tiniest of hints would be greatly  
cherished!

Matt

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**Author:** ![goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodieboy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mongrel-but-not-rails/90887/2 "2007-04-02T19:26:00Z")

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On 4/2/07, goodieboy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is not really rails related… but a question about Mongrel. I  
> can’t seem to find this information anywhere. We’ve got an application  
> here running Apache Solr/Lucene and am interested in having a cluster  
> of Mogrel’s + Apache w/load balancer run it. Anyone have any idea how  
> this can be done? Any of the most tiniest of hints would be greatly  
> cherished!

I don’t know offhand, but there is a mongrel user’s list:  
[http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users)

–  
Rick O.  
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**Author:** ![goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodieboy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mongrel-but-not-rails/90887/3 "2007-04-02T19:30:01Z")

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Matt,

I recently had to write a service that ran on “raw Mongrel”. An  
online copy of the docs are available here:  
[http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/rdoc/](http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/rdoc/)

Most of my heavy lifting was done inside a Mongrel::HttpHandler  
registered with the server. I’d start with the Mongrel::HttpServer  
documentation, and there are examples scattered throughout.

-Mike

–  
[http://mike.filespanker.com/](http://mike.filespanker.com/)