Re: Switching from PHP to Ruby - Comments Please

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> I am updating the httpd.conf file, but have a few questions about
> the extent of the options. When I install php, I don't need near the
> amount of config options.

PHP puts the work into the ./configure line.  :~)

> # If the ruby module is installed, this will be enabled.
>      10 <IfModule mod_ruby.c>
>      11   # for Apache::RubyRun
>      12   RubyRequire apache/ruby-run

This tells Apache to preload the ruby-run module and "compile" the
module at startup (or as much of a compile time as ruby has).

>      14   # exec files under /ruby as ruby scripts.
> => What is exec files for. Is this equivalent to cgi-bin folder?
>      15   <Location /ruby>  
>      16     SetHandler ruby-object       
>      17     RubyHandler Apache::RubyRun.instance
>      18     Options ExecCGI
>      19   </Location>
>      20
> => What is this? Specifying file extension inside /ruby?

More or less, yes.  It says that all files who's URI is starts with
"/ruby" will be passed to the Apache::RubyRun response handler (ie, be
executed as a mod_ruby script.  This applies to _all_ files, not just
files that end in .rbx.

>      21   # exec *.rbx as ruby scripts.
>      22   <Files *.rbx>   
>      23     SetHandler ruby-object
>      24     RubyHandler Apache::RubyRun.instance
>      25   </Files>

Like the <Location> tag above, this tells Apache to pass all files
that end in .rbx to Apache::RubyRun.  This applies to all files
through out the server.  You can move this section into specific
virtual hosts if you'd like (what I frequently do).

>      27   # # for Apache::ERubyRun
>      28   # RubyRequire apache/eruby-run
>      29   #
>      30   # # handle files under /eruby as eRuby files by eruby.
>      31   # <Location /eruby>
>      32   #   SetHandler ruby-object
>      33   #   RubyHandler Apache::ERubyRun.instance
> => What is the ExecCGI for?
>      34   #   Options ExecCGI
>      35   # </Location>
>      36   #

Hmm...  the ExecCGI is used for (I want to say legacy), but is used to
regulate whether or not you can execute a script or not.  Actually,
with the above <Files> directive, you'd want an Options +ExecCGI as
well.  It's a way of allowing for finer grained control for telling
Apache whether or not it should execute a script.  I have mixed
feelings on the directive and generally just turn it on server wide,
but circumstances may dictate otherwise.

> => So all .rthml files are parsed by eruby?
>      37   # # handle *.rhtml as eruby files.
>      38   # <Files *.rhtml>
>      39   #   SetHandler ruby-object
>      40   #   RubyHandler Apache::ERubyRun.instance
>      41   # </Files>

The will be once you uncomment those lines.  ;~)

>      43   # # for Apache::ERbRun
>      44   # RubyRequire apache/erb-run
>      45   #
>      46   # # handle files under /erb as eRuby files by ERb.
>      47   # <Location /erb>
>      48   #   SetHandler ruby-object
>      49   #   RubyHandler Apache::ERbRun.instance
>      50   #   Options ExecCGI
>      51   # </Location>
>      52
>      53   # # for debug
>      54   # RubyRequire auto-reload
>      55 </IfModule>
> 
> Also, PHP has the following
>    DirectoryIndex index.php index.php3 index.html
>
> Why does mod ruby not require something like:
>    DirectoryIndex index.rbx index.rhtml

It does actually.  Whenever I lay my hands on a server, this is what I
toss in regardless of the current set of modules loaded:

<IfModule mod_dir.c>
    <IfModule mod_php4.c>
        <IfModule mod_perl.c>
            <IfModule mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.rbx index.rhtml index.pl index.php index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
            <IfModule !mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.pl index.php index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
        </IfModule>
        <IfModule !mod_perl.c>
            <IfModule mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.rbx index.rhtml index.php index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
            <IfModule !mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
        </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !mod_php4.c>
        <IfModule mod_perl.c>
            <IfModule mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.rbx index.rhtml index.pl index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
            <IfModule !mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.pl index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
        </IfModule>
        <IfModule !mod_perl.c>
            <IfModule mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.rbx index.rhtml index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
            <IfModule !mod_ruby.c>
                DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi
            </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
</IfModule>


np.  -sc

-- 
Sean Chittenden