On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Ralph Shnelvar <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Passenger is running
Yep, looks like. > I've read overviews about Passenger ... but I still don't get what it does. > Does it sit between Apache (httpd) and Rails? What does it do that Apache > (httpd) doesn't do? Apache httpd handles different kinds of requests and responses through modules -- static file serving, directory listing, proxy via http, ajp, etc. Passenger provides a rack interface which is what Rails uses to talk to the outside world (and which is provided by webrick, puma, unicorn, thin, etc.). I'm not a Passenger fan after discovering that any startup error in production dumps a page full of sensitive data out for anyone to see, which seems utterly braindead... -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [email protected] twitter: @hassan Consulting Availability : Silicon Valley or remote -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CACmC4yDcQ_xgTmX3BNgbzRR%2B0WbE9iheSfVUePqpd8Kmnc0%2BNQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
