SubscribeMemory usage is getting higher, and my patience waiting on a browser to load changes is getting much lower these days. Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition and Passenger Phusion will help with both! Here’s how we’ll do it:
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Why Passenger Phusion Is a Better Hosting Solution Long Term
Since we started hosting Ruby on Rails applications in 2006, many of the pieces have changed. At each step, things became a bit easier and a bit faster. Here’s how things have changed.
Enabling PHP5 on OS X 10.5 Leopard
Leopard (OS X 10.5) ships with PHP 5.2.4 (cli) installed along side Apache 2.2.6. However, it’s disabled by default. Here’s how to enable it. Open Terminal and choose your editor (vi, pico or other) and edit the following (sudo required!): /etc/apache2/httpd.conf Then search for the word php.It will find the line LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so. Uncomment [...]
Hosting Rails Apps Using Nginx and Mongrel Cluster
The combination of Apache, Lighttpd and FastCGI has been the best option for hosting rails applications over the last few years. While Mongrel arrived on the scene to replace the Lighttpd/FastCGI portion, the performance gains weren’t that great. That was until a few people stumbled upon Nginx, and blazingly fast proxy server that was built for speed and scalability at a Russian hosting company.
It’s Time to Get Down and Get Dirty.
I’m shifting my focus to talk about what I love. Building scalable web sites using the right technology for the job.