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Easy and robust deployment of Ruby and Ruby on Rails™ applications on Apache and Nginx web servers

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For Apache and Nginx web servers (Linux, BSD, OS X)

Introducing Phusion Passenger™

Phusion Passenger™ — a.k.a. mod_rails or mod_rack — makes deployment of Ruby web applications, such as those built on the revolutionary Ruby on Rails web framework, a breeze. It follows the usual Ruby on Rails conventions, such as “Don’t-Repeat-Yourself”.
  • Deployment is only a matter of uploading application files. No Ruby (on Rails)-specific server configuration required!
  • Supports both the industry standard Apache web server and the fast and lightweight Nginx web server.
  • Allows Ruby on Rails applications to use about 33% less memory, when used in combination with Ruby Enterprise Edition (optional).
  • Zero maintenance. No port management, server process monitoring or stale file cleanup required. Errors are automatically recovered whenever possible.
  • Designed for performance, stability and security. Phusion Passenger should never crash Apache even in case of crashing Rails applications.
  • Well-documented, for both system administrators and developers!

See it in action

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Screencast 1: Installation, deployment and a bit of elaboration. Covers Apache. Screencast created by Ryan Bates of Railscasts.
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Screencast 2: Support for non-Rails Ruby web applications through Rack. Screencast created by Ryan Bates.
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Screencast 3: Installation and deployment for Nginx. Screencast created by Geoffrey Grosenbach of Peepcode.