From: Alex Dunae <alex@...>
Date: 2007-11-28T02:45:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Executing ruby script on a Dreamhost account?



On Nov 26, 9:48 pm, Feng Tien <pood.for...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So far, from what I've read, I should use eRuby if I want to execute my
> program online.
>
> I've got Dreamhost and I know they have RoR support.

I use eRuby to power a Ruby script on Dreamhost and it works
beautifully (and very quickly).

To get eRuby up and running, login to your shell account, copy DH's
precompiled eRuby to your www directory

  cp /usr/bin/eruby /home/username/example.com/eruby.cgi

And update your .htaccess file

  Options +ExecCGI
  DirectoryIndex index.rhtml index.html index.htm
  AddHandler rubypage .rhtml
  Action rubypage /eruby.cgi

(You can see my implementation at http://code.dunae.ca/svn/premailer/tags/1.4/www/)

I also run two Rails sites on Dreamhost.  They've been very
problematic, though they seem to have been more stable since around
August.  If you can get away with eRuby instead of Rails I would
strongly suggest it.

Good luck!