dispatch.cgi? A host better than Site5

rubyonrails-talk
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When I type the command $rails app_name

I don't see the following list generate a dispatch.cgi or dispatch.fcgi file. It appears that I need this file and I need to modify it in order to properly deploy my site on Site5 hosting.

I have completely developed my site on my mac (my first rails app) and I am looking to transfer it to production. This has easily been the hardest part of my rails development. Does anyone suggest a really simple, newbie friendly host for deploying rails apps?

Also, are dispatch files only generated when generating a production rails app?

I am confused on this whole dispatch.cgi file.

Help would me much appreciated.

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I'm hosting multiple rails apps at site5. Check out this entry on their wiki --> http://wiki.site5.com/Scripting_and_Development_Guide#Ruby_on_Rails

While fcgi should work - Phusion Passenger is the preferred config.

You're welcome to email me (csuper@gmail.com) if you have Phusion Passenger questions.

-Christian @cupomud

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I have completely developed my site on my mac (my first rails app) and I am looking to transfer it to production. This has easily been the hardest part of my rails development. Does anyone suggest a really simple, newbie friendly host for deploying rails apps?

Also, are dispatch files only generated when generating a production rails app?

I think rails stopped generating dispatch.cgi/fcgi files in 2.3

Fred

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Frederick Cheung wrote:

I think rails stopped generating dispatch.cgi/fcgi files in 2.3

Fred

This is what I thought. Which then leaves me confused as the proper way to launch my site on the Site5 server.

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They might still work if they were there - you could fish them out of an old version of rails. If, as the link supplied by Christian suggests, they support passenger you're far better off using that.

Fred

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See this post:

http://www.site5.com/blog/s5/site5-phusion/20090402/

and also this post:

http://www.site5.com/blog/programming/changes-with-phusion-passenger-update/20090804/

--Matt Jones