Depending on the size of the site I've had pretty good success just using mod_proxy with Apache. You just add a few ProxyPass lines to the httpd.conf file to proxy requests to your rails (Radiant) application running Mongrel on another port (3000 for example). Works pretty easy.
http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/apache.html To transfer the development site to the production server, I usually just FTP the contents to my production server, run rake db:migrate to setup the tables and then just mysqldump the data from the development DB to the production one. --- Michael Roper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Just wondering if anyone can give me some > recommendations + pointers > on the best way to get Rails and Radiant running on > a clients new > webserver. I'm fairly new to the rails stuff, this > Radiant site is the > first thing I've done with rails, so I'm a bit of a > noob when it > comes to installing rails, etc. > > I have been developing their site locally on my iMac > using Locomotive > + Lighttpd + MySQL, but their server is a Dell > running a recent Fedora > Core. I know it has Apache+PHP+MySQL on it, but they > have given me > access to install whatever I need. The server will > probably only be > running the one Rails/Radiant site. > > What I need to know is, what is the best setup to go > with as far as > webservers, eg i have seen tutorials on getting > Fedora running with > Apache2+FastCGI, or with Lighttpd. I have seen more > recent articles > that say Mongrel is better than Lighttpd, but i > haven't seen tutorials > on getting Mongrel running on Fedora... > > Any suggestions/technical information on the best > way to approach > this? I realise this may be better directed at a > more general Rails > list, but if there is a configuration that works > good with Radiant, > that would be appreciated.. > > Also, once i get it running, what will be the best > way to transfer my > development site to the new server? > > Cheers, and thanks for any help... > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > Radiant mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ > Site: > http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business (http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com) _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
