> > When I follow through the tutorial on setup Ruby and Rails, I notice > that the "scaffold" is creating app folder, config folders, etc. for > single website only. > > To simulate my current directory structure, I suppost to create > folers: > /my_rails_root/sub_web_1/ > /my_rails_root/sub_web_2/ > (and so on...) > > and "scaffold" to each of them. >
@crab You are confusing what a rails app is , is not the same as an app in iis, in iis the concept of apps exist to separate the webconfig file, so that each application's configuration wont interfere with the other. Rails app's folder is part of an standardization and there is not an equivalent, you would be closer if you think of your rails all as the entire project folder. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:29 PM, crab <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marnen, > > > > My question is, how can I start one "ruby server" and use one config > > > for multiple sub-websites? > > > Rails uses standardization so configuration is not what you are thinking it is you are applying again iis concepts. I am working for university and there are nearly a hundred of sub- websites under my host. > Running ruby server instances and maintaining config files of that > amount may not be feasible for me. > > Actually, we are currently using ColdFusion which has a admin console > to handle the application server settings. > I want to keep the practice as similar as possible. > > > apparently what you want is a GUI for administration? > > Oh, yeah! Phusion Passenger is useful. I've heard of it. > > You say useful :), let me put it this way, it can take you days to set up an IIS server with rails just because passenger does not run on windows( or IIS), but it will take you not more than 10 minutes to set it up on an apache/ubuntu box. > But (very) unfortunately, our server config is Windows-base, using IIS > as web server, and database is MS-SQL... > No one serius about web hosting is running on windows / IIS , maybe only microsoft, but i wouldnt be 100% sure they are. I use to host sites on iis and its a nigthamare compared to hosting on apache/ubuntu/passenger > It seems to be quite a tough job to introduce RoR to my workplace > under this environment. > I have to make it! > The thing is your original question is a web server issue not a rails issue, so the main problem is that 1 you are using windows and 2 you are using IIS. Making rails run on iis is complex and requires that you buy a special of software(a dll). Last time i checked you needed to set IIs as a proxy with an apache server behind running a mongrel cluster that uses a load balancing middleware an a reverse proxy rewriting dll. About indroducing rails in your work, start by stating the open source nature of rails, setting up IIS and paying for support like MS wants you to every now and then can cost around US$1,000 on the initial setup, calling and expert is expensive, installing any additional module is expensive, also IIS(MS technology in general) is always late to the party and they are always behind in technology/security, also most vulnerabilities are found there faster than in other platforms and lastly, viruses, having to pay hundreds for an antivirus that at the end will never give you 100% protection. Sum it all up and you will see that hosting on windows/iis can cost around US$2,000 per server and lots more if you are using .NET and bought visual studio (cost estimations are taken from where i live :) ) on the other side, ubuntu/apache/passenger/RoR cost $US 0.00 . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
