From: Carl Youngblood <carlwork@...>
Date: 2004-11-30T04:03:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/FastCGI

I got close to getting it working on Windows but finally gave up and 
went to linux.  It was too much of a hassle.  On linux it should be 
simply a matter of following the installation instructions.

Sarah Tanembaum wrote:

> Dick Davies wrote:
>
>> * Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au> [1158 12:58]:
>>
>>
>>>> http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?UsingRubyFastCGI
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow, sounds easy.  
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey, *I* managed it :)
>>
>>
>>> However, there's a meme doing hte rounds that
>>> FastCGI is difficult/impossible to set up on Windows.  Can anybody
>>> give evidence for or against?
>>
>>
>>
>> No need to use Apache, you can get it working with IIS - so I assume
>> Windows must work....? See:
>>
>> http://www.caraveo.com/fastcgi/
>> Can't say I've ever tried though.....
>>
>> Maybe Carl or Ara know? Don't ask me, I'm just a groupie :D
>
> Hi, I can't seem to get FastCGI/fcgi to work woth RUby. I tested just 
> the regular cgi with ruby scrips and it works, but then when i tried 
> to use it with fcgi, it does not work. How do I check if my 
> installation is correct, e.g. with PHP, I can use phpinfo() function 
> to know if it installed correctly.
>
> Is there any step by step installation for the windows environment?
>
> Thanks