Install & setup Passenger module on Apache2 - Ubuntu 11.10

This guide help you to deploy Rails 3 application on apache2.

1. Install passenger gem on you're machine

$ sudo gem install passenger

2. Install apache2 module for passenger

$ sudo passenger-install-apache2-module

It does following three steps

a. The Apache 2 module will be installed for you.

If any software not available on you're server to install apache 2 module. It will guide you about missing software and some suggestion how to install those missed software

Once all support software available, then it compile & install apache 2 module.

b. Guide you how to configure apache

Once apache2 module installed, it guide you to configure apache - display LoadModule, RailsSpawnServer and RailsRuby location which will be required to configure passenger module on apache(httpd.conf).Just copy and paste those lines to httpd.conf

c. Guide you how to deploy a Ruby on Rails application

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerName www.yourhost.com

DocumentRoot /somewhere/public

</VirtualHost>

add this virtualhost configuration on httpd.conf file

Now i hope you're apache2 server ready to deploy rails 3 application. it use passenger module for apache2.