Supersonic Feet

A while back, Phusion released a product called Passenger, effectively mod_rails for Apache. The idea is that rather than having to do a lot of the usual manual setup work when running a Rails app (using mod_proxy to point at mongrel_clusters, etc.), you can just have them run automatically via Apache, the same way PHP apps ...

I’ve spent a good portion of my weekend banging my head against the desk after getting the hare-brained idea, following my success in setting up Apache 1.3.x with mod_proxy and Mongrel, to get Apache 2.2 running on my server so that I could then use mod_proxy_balancer and therefore mongrel_cluster. As anyone who’s ever asked the question ...

A few weeks ago I returned to the world of hiring a full dedicated server for running my websites. The extra control and stability (and resources!) convinced me to make the switch back from shared hosting. The one downside is that unless you're paying the extra for a managed server, you then have to know what ...