# Will Rubinius make the deployment easier...?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 11, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746 "2008-02-11T07:31:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746/1 "2008-02-11T07:31:13Z")

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Hi,

I am aware that a great project for Ruby Virtual machine known as  
“Rubinius” is getting developed rapidly.

It also has Erubis , that works faster than ERB. I think it also has few  
important options that can replace mod\_ruby.

Despite hearing a lot about Rubinius, i am still not aware about the  
advantages that Rubinius as a totally Ruby VM, shall offer with  
deployment.

Can someone focus more on the deployment scenario with Rubinius.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 9:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746/2 "2008-02-11T09:08:56Z")

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Apparently, Engine Y. (the company who hired the Rubinius developer  
and who is now funding it’s development) also hired someone to work  
full-time on “mod\_rubinius” which is an extension for apache (similar to  
mod\_php or mod\_python) which would, if completed, allow ruby to run  
through an apache extension.

This would make deploying ruby applications pretty much as easy as  
deploying a php application. In other words, check out your application  
to the server machine and you are good to do.

The closest thing we have to something like this for ruby now is called  
“Switchpipe” which allows a similar idea but is not quite as big an  
achievement as a true “mod\_rubinius” would be.

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**Author:** ![softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746/3 "2008-02-11T11:09:06Z")

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Nathan E. wrote:

> Apparently, Engine Y. (the company who hired the Rubinius developer  
> and who is now funding it’s development) also hired someone to work  
> full-time on “mod\_rubinius” which is an extension for apache (similar to  
> mod\_php or mod\_python) which would, if completed, allow ruby to run  
> through an apache extension.

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Thanks Nathan,

This sounds very good news.

BTW… is there any link, where i can regularly check the progress  
regarding “mod\_rubinius.”

Thanks again.

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**Author:** ![softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@softmind](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softmind)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2008, 11:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-rubinius-make-the-deployment-easier/128746/4 "2008-02-11T11:15:33Z")

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I have no idea on if there is a place you can check for progress.  
However, here is a link to the place I first heard the news:

[http://www.novemberain.com/2008/1/25/6th-fulltimer-to-work-on-rubinius-will-be-doing-mod\_rubinius-for-nginx-and-apache](http://www.novemberain.com/2008/1/25/6th-fulltimer-to-work-on-rubinius-will-be-doing-mod_rubinius-for-nginx-and-apache)

Apparently, Ezra (the man behind Engine Y.) revealed the new hire on  
his podcast.