Dimitrij Denissenko Setting up Apache & "Passenger":http://modrails.com is incredibly easy. Both provide a very stable and reliable combination for production usage. This is a very brief and quick but effective introduction, there are probably hundreds of blog posts and HOWTOs on the web describing the set-up in more detail (please simply use a search engine). h3. Step 1: Install the passenger GEM {{{ sudo gem install passenger }}} h3. Step 2: Install the Apache module {{{ sudo passenger-install-apache2-module }}} This launches the interactive Passenger installation. Just follow the instructions! The procedure automatically detects the OS and check all requirements. If a potential problem is found, it provides a very detailed information about its resolution. In the end of the installation it provides configuration instructions for loading the modules into Apache and configuring the +VirtualHost+. Usually, you only need to add a few lines to the configuration an restart the Apache server. That's it! Check also out the "User Guide":http://modrails.org/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html for details or more advanced configuration options. h2. Installing to a subpath. If you wish to install Retrospectiva to a subpath rather than your domain root (ie, accessible at www.domain.com/appname), then in addition to configuring Apache as per the instructions in the Passenger User Guide, you will need to add the following to your config/runtime/custom.rb (create one if it doesn't exist). {{{ ActionController::Base.relative_url_root = "/<sub-uri>" }}} h2. Optimizing. This is a list of tips to make your retrospectiva faster. h3. Passenger tips. Apache configuration from "stackoverflow":http://stackoverflow.com/questions/853532/slow-initial-server-startup-when-using-phusion-passenger-and-rails 2008-07-30T13:01:40+01:00 2009-08-02T11:11:05+01:00 10