From: "news.sonic.net" <brundlefly76@...>
Date: 2006-03-31T02:03:43+09:00
Subject: RoR Apache 2.2 production environment?

As a mod_perl developer, I have been looking into Ruby/Rails lately.

I am a little confused as to what people are using for a production 
webserver environment.

From what I understand, WEBBrick is an easy to use development environment 
but not really robust enough for production use.

lighthttpd is fast but not as full featured or stable as apache.

mod_fastcgi is depricated for Apache 2.2 and not maintained.

Apache cgi seems to be the stable option, and ok for development, but I much 
prefer having a persistant interpreter - especially since Rails seems to 
have a lot of files to open on a request. I have a massive mod_perl site, 
and nearly drove the disk into the ground by turning on Apache Reload All, I 
had forgotten how much mod_perl had been holding up my server farm!

So I guess the two remaining options are mod_fcgid and mod_proxy_fcgid.

I tried mod_fcgid but couldnt get it to work. I got mod_fcgid to compile and 
install with a patch for Apache 2.2, but when I test a cgi with it, it 404's 
yet according to Apache's access and error logs the request was successful! 
(!!!??)

Also, I couldnt find any documentation about anything special you need to do 
to the CGI to make mod_fcgi or mod_fastcgi work -  I noticed Perl has a FCGI 
module - is that required? And does Ruby have an equivilent?

I havent tried mod_proxy_fcgid yet.

I would appreciate all input from anyone who is working with production 
rails, and especially anyone who has mod_fcgid or mod_proxy_fcgid working in 
Apache 2.2!

I cant find a lot of information about mod_ruby - what state is this project 
in, and where can I find good documentation?

Thanks Ruby peeps!