Hi all,
I am new to ruby programming. I have just started creating a simple ruby application using ruby on rails. I have installed ruby 1.8.7-p371 and DevKit successfully. I am able to run the application using http://localhost:3000 but now my requirement is to host the application on IIS 7 and this is where I am stuck. Can anyone please help me with the steps to configure my ruby code on IIS? And also running the code using the IP address.
Thank you
Sasmit Sawant wrote in post #1113034:
I am new to ruby programming. I have just started creating a simple ruby application using ruby on rails. I have installed ruby 1.8.7-p371 and DevKit successfully.
If you're just getting started with Ruby on Rails then you may want to seriously consider moving to a more current version of Ruby. If you're using Rails 3.2.x then use Ruby 1.9.3. If you are using Rails 4.0.rc2 then use Ruby 2.0.
I am able to run the application using http://localhost:3000 but now my requirement is to host the application on IIS 7 and this is where I am stuck. Can anyone please help me with the steps to configure my ruby code on IIS? And also running the code using the IP address.
Everything I've seen pertaining to running Rails on IIS is using FastCGI. IMHO this is is a really bad choice for deployment of production applications. There are many great ways to deploy Rails applications using open source web servers.
Personally, I use Phusion Passenger along with the Apache web server with great success. I deploy to Ubuntu Linux on a Virtual Private Server (VPS).
That being said, if you're stuck with IIS for deployment then you may want to read up on using FastCGI inside IIS. Good luck with that. I tried FastCGI years ago with a Rails deployment and was never happy with that setup.
This looks like one of the better references (most of the Rails-on-IIS stuff is pretty old):
If there’s any way you can run something better supported (Apache runs on Windows), that may be preferable - support for IIS is definitely not a priority, and you may encounter hard-to-diagnose bugs.
–Matt Jones
Sorry for late response. Please take a look at this article:
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