Unicorn, Nginx and Webrick/Mongrel for what?

Rails Deployment
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Hi,

I am trying to find out what Unicorn/Ngnix does and how they work on
Rails application deployment. (I guess they are meaningful for
deployment.)

For Rails server, I think we can use WebRick or Mongrel.
And for what do we need to use Unicorn?
And Unicorn should come along with Nginx?

I am a newbie to Rails app deployment and server management.
I’d much appreciate if you will walk me through the answers to above
questions.

Thanks in advance,
Christopher

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This article explains how all the components are related to each other:

If you’re new to Rails deployment then using Nginx + Phusion Passenger
(instead of Nginx + Unicorn) is a much easier solution.