I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable Windows production system capable of running Rails? My issue is that my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. Any ideas?
On 7/18/05, Chad Lung <chad.lung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big > advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a > Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI > support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. > > Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable > Windows production system capable of running Rails?Yes, there is a group preparing work on a stand-alone Rails server installer, initial target is windows support, and eventually cross-platform. My issue is that> my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to > swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a > time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is > mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack > at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a > hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. > > Any ideas?At the moment? Not particularly, as I have little experience with Rails and Windows, but help IS coming!> _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- ===Tanner Burson==tanner.burson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org http://tannerburson.com <---Might even work one day...
We are running our staging servers on Windows and it works just fine. We use Apache2 + fastcgi + Mysql. All production is Linux based though. Check out RubyForApache package on rubyforge. Kent. On 7/18/05, Tanner Burson <tanner.burson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On 7/18/05, Chad Lung <chad.lung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big > > advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a > > Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI > > support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. > > > > Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable > > Windows production system capable of running Rails? > Yes, there is a group preparing work on a stand-alone Rails server > installer, initial target is windows support, and eventually > cross-platform. > My issue is that > > my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to > > swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a > > time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is > > mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack > > at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a > > hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. > > > > Any ideas? > At the moment? Not particularly, as I have little experience with > Rails and Windows, but help IS coming! > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > -- > ===Tanner Burson==> tanner.burson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org > http://tannerburson.com <---Might even work one day... > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Could you explain whats so difficould about setting up windows? All you need to do is a) Run the one click installer b) type gem install rails Thats _IT_ to verify you can run rails mydir cd mydir ruby script\server If you want a database you can get it from mysql.com. There is no reason to install apache or similar on a development box but even for that you can get a one click installer. On 7/18/05, Chad Lung <chad.lung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big > advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a > Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI > support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. > > Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable > Windows production system capable of running Rails? My issue is that > my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to > swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a > time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is > mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack > at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a > hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. > > Any ideas? > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Tobi http://www.snowdevil.ca - Snowboards that don''t suck http://typo.leetsoft.com - Open source weblog engine http://blog.leetsoft.com - Technical weblog
You missed the entire point of my post actually. I am looking for a stable "production" environment for Windows, not getting Webrick and Rails up and running. On 7/19/05, Tobias Luetke <tobias.luetke-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Could you explain whats so difficould about setting up windows? > > All you need to do is > > a) Run the one click installer > b) type gem install rails > > > Thats _IT_ > > to verify you can run > > rails mydir > cd mydir > ruby script\server > > If you want a database you can get it from mysql.com. There is no > reason to install apache or similar on a development box but even for > that you can get a one click installer. > > On 7/18/05, Chad Lung <chad.lung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big > > advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a > > Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI > > support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. > > > > Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable > > Windows production system capable of running Rails? My issue is that > > my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to > > swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a > > time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is > > mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack > > at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a > > hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. > > > > Any ideas?
Tanner Burson wrote:> On 7/18/05, Chad Lung <chad.lung-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >>I''ve been looking over Django the past couple days and the one big >>advantage I am seeing is that it seem like getting it to run on a >>Windows box is going to be pretty easy - especially once they add WSGI >>support which from what I can see is in the latest Django code. >> >>Anyone know if Rails is going to make it easier to have a stable >>Windows production system capable of running Rails? > > Yes, there is a group preparing work on a stand-alone Rails server > installer, initial target is windows support, and eventually > cross-platform. > My issue is that > >>my clients are mainly on Windows servers and they are not going to >>swtich OS''s because of a web framework. I''ve been having a heck of a >>time to find a stable, fast system on Windows. Is it just me or is >>mod_ruby on Windows a bit unstable? The IIS/Rails solution is a hack >>at best and that really just leaves Lighttpd which is even more of a >>hassle to get going on a Windows box than the other two. >> >>Any ideas? > > At the moment? Not particularly, as I have little experience with > Rails and Windows, but help IS coming!Just to expand a little on what Tanner said... I''m hoping that within the next two months we''ll have an *extremely* easy to setup windows package that includes apache, mysql, ruby, rails, and fastcgi. However, if your needs are more immediate, then you''ll have to set it up yourself. curt
Heya :)> -----Original Message----- > From: rails-bounces-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org [mailto:rails- > bounces-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Curt Hibbs > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:31 AM > To: Tanner Burson; rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > Cc: Chad Lung > Subject: Re: [Rails] Django setup and Rails setup > > I''m hoping that within the next two months we''ll have an *extremely* > easy to setup windows package that includes apache, mysql, ruby, rails, > and fastcgi.You''ll also need something that lets the beast run well under IIS. I have approached a few clients about possible using Rails but since they are mostly .NET shops they have no intention of taking on the additional issues of supporting an entirely different web server architecture just for Rails apps. Soulhuntre ---------- http://www.girl2.com - my girls http://www.the-estate.com - my legacy http://wiki.thegreybook.com - my project http://weblog.soulhuntre.com - my thoughts