mod_rails and ispCPOmega

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Debian lenny fastcgi+rails mini-howto

As fastcgi is already enabled by default in ispcp and fastcgi+rails gives a decent performance (see this benchmark where this setup gets the 2nd place) I've deciced to give it a try:

1. Install required packages:

Code:

apt-get install libmysql-ruby ruby ri rdoc irb libreadline-ruby libruby libopenssl-ruby libsqlite-ruby libfcgi-ruby1.8 rubygems

2. Install the rails framework

Code:

gem install rails --include-dependencies

3. Upload your rails app to the home of the desired domain (ie: /var/www/virtual/domain.tld/)

Code:

/var/www/virtual/domain.tld
    /railsapp1
        /config
        /app
        ...
   /railsapp2
        /config
        /app
        ...

4. Remove the htdocs folder and symlink it to the public folder of the default app (don't do it if you don't want a rails app as default page)

Code:

cd /var/www/virtual/domain.tld
rm -rf htdocs
ln -s railsapp1/public htdocs

5. Symlink any other rails app public folder to the apropiate location

Code:

cd /var/www/virtual/domain.tld
ln -s railsapp2/public htdocs/railsapp2

6. Write an htaccess to redirect requests to the dispatcher.fcgi file

/var/www/domain.tld/htdocs/.htaccess:

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]

This worked for me, hope it helps others