Mongrel users - Mar 2009 - Can you make Mongrel listen on a specific IP

Shared hosting environment where each domain has it''s own IP. Some use
mongrel server to run their rails apps. Mongrels of course listen on
their own port. But ...

If client1.com has a mongrel listening on 12001 you can go to
client2.com:12001 and see client1''s site.

Not a huge issue but it''s kinda funky.

I don''t see an ip in mongrel''s startup options but perhaps
I''m missing a
way to get the mongrel server to only listen on a specific ip address.

Or has anyone else run into this and come up with a good solution?
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John Nestoriak wrote:
> Shared hosting environment where each domain has it''s own IP. Some
use
> mongrel server to run their rails apps. Mongrels of course listen on
> their own port. But ...
>
> If client1.com has a mongrel listening on 12001 you can go to
> client2.com:12001 and see client1''s site.
>
> Not a huge issue but it''s kinda funky.
>
> I don''t see an ip in mongrel''s startup options but
perhaps I''m missing a
> way to get the mongrel server to only listen on a specific ip address.
>
> Or has anyone else run into this and come up with a good solution?
>   
The --address /-a option sounds like what you''re looking for.

mongrel_rails start --help
...
-a, --address ADDR               Address to bind to
...

usage example: mongrel_rails start --address 127.0.0.1 -p 12001