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   meskyanichi
   

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   Hey Guys!

   I recently decided to just go ahead and learn a bit more about Linux and the command line since I wanted to be able to set up my own rails stack. So I'm currently running Ubuntu 8.04 with Apache2 and Phusion Passenger.

   Thus far, it all works OK! When I type in my IP in the browser, it takes me to the "Welcome aboard!" screen of my Rails test application. So now, I'm trying to figure out how I can be able to run multiple Rails applications within the same VPS. Been looking around some webblogs and such, came across this:

   http://www.aeonscope.net/2009/03/15/phusion-passenger-on-ubuntu/

   Contents of the URL:

   Edit your virtual host file (example: /etc/apache2/sites-available/example) so that the following is used:

   
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName one.example.com
DocumentRoot /web/one/public

   <Directory /web/one/public/ />
Option Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow, deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>


   Repeat the <VirtualHost/> block for each Rails site you want to setup.
   Restart Apache to pick up the new changes by executing the following command line: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

   So basically what they are saying is "for every rails app, add a new file containing the </VirtualHost> block"?

   Ok, so if I do that, and have two Rails apps running, how do I find a specific app through the browser?

   Cause for example, say I have 2 files located here:
   /etc/apache2/sites-available/rails_app_1
   /etc/apache2/sites-available/rails_app_2

   And I load them both using a2ensite rails_app_1 rails_app_2.

   So, if I wanted to request "rails_app_2" in the browser, how would I do this? What about if I wanted to request "rails_app_1"?

   Because, just typing in the IP to my website, shows only one of the two websites obviously.

   Thanks!

   Meskyanichi
   Ruby on Rails Web Developer
   Twitter: http://twitter.com/meskyanichi/

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   pygi
   

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   Hi,

   in this case you would access your applications in the following manner:

   http://one.example.com
   http://two.example.com

   Please also note that we have a similar article written in howto section. I do plan to rewrite it to be more clear, readable and contain more information in the future however, and would welcome your contribution on it as well.

   Cheers

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   meskyanichi
   

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   Hey Pygi,

   Thanks for the reply.
   So with the example above, I'm actually creating new "subdomains" instead of "normal" domains?
   Hmm. That's actually not what I want. I actually want it in the following manner:

   http://example-one.com/
   http://example-two.com/

   This should be possible right?

   Also, yeah, I looked at the how-to section, but for me (being a beginner with the command-line) it was a little unclear as to how I could get the job done. I assume you are referring to this section?
   Click me!

   Though, I will go ahead and give it a go! ;)

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   meskyanichi
   

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   Ok!

   I have followed the instructions on in the how-to section, though, I might still be doing something wrong.
   The good part is, I am able to access both rails applications now, the not so good part is, when I go to my domain:

   http://final-creation.com/
   To tell the difference:
   http://final-creation.com/fc/users
   http://final-creation.com/sp/users

   I get presented with 2 directories which I can click. Am I going the right way with this? How am I able to
   link final-creation.com to the "fc" directory, and my other domain to the "sp" directory?

   Thanks!

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   pygi
   

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   Hey,

   of course its possible. You just set "ServerName one.example.com" as "ServerName example-one.com" and under it "ServerAlias www.example-one.com". You do similar with the second hostname, with the difference of different domain and path to the rails app.

   Yes, that's the right article as linked in my post ;)

   If you cannot get it working, please poke me on IRC, I'll see what I can do.
   Cheers.

   Posted 1 year ago #