Rails - Jul 2006 - mongrel/win32/apache2 link modification question.

I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000
pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications on Windows
with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz )

the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/ addded to
the front of all my links and how can I stop it?

  origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
  now it''s
http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214


John Ivanoff

answer to my problem...

a,?address (:host)
    Address to bind to when listening for connections.
        * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)

thanks for the documentation/site zed.

On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000
> pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications on
Windows
> with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz )
>
> the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/ addded to
> the front of all my links and how can I stop it?
>
>   origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
>   now it''s
> http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214
>
>
> John Ivanoff
>

John:
I''m the author of that article. Would you please elaborate more on your
problem? Are you using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin?

On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> answer to my problem...
>
> a,?address (:host)
>     Address to bind to when listening for connections.
>         * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)
>
> thanks for the documentation/site zed.
>
> On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000
> > pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications on
Windows
> > with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz )
> >
> > the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/ addded to
> > the front of all my links and how can I stop it?
> >
> >   origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
> >   now it''s
> > http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214
> >
> >
> > John Ivanoff
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
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I am using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin.

my web server is a 2k box we''ll call ''webserver''.
when I accessed http://webserver/myapp/controller locally
the page shows up, but the links point to
http://localhost/myapp//controller/action/id (this is from the source
from the displayed page)
my stylesheet was pionting to
http://localhost/myapp//stylesheets/scaffold.css?1147879980

which will work as long as i''m on webserver.
If I went to another pc, say ''winxp'' and I went to
''http://webserver/myapp/controller'' the page displays, but the
links
don''t ''work'' because it is trying to access
localhost. follow?

so I stoped and removed the mongrel sevice then I reinstalled using this.
mongrel_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001
-e development -a 192.168.10.246
(it''s an internal server)
and started the service. it''s running.
Now I go to http://webserver/myapp/controller all the links go to
/controller/action/id (from web page source).
so now the links don''t work because the app name (myapp) is not in the
url path.
do I need to do something with route?
I would actually like hide the application from the URL.
so instead of http://server/myapp/controller
it would be http://server/controller

I''m not sure If I confused you or made it more clear

thanks.
john

On 7/7/06, Brian Hogan <bphogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> John:
> I''m the author of that article. Would you please elaborate more on
your
> problem? Are you using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin?
>
>
> On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>  answer to my problem...
>
> a,?address (:host)
>     Address to bind to when listening for connections.
>         * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)
>
> thanks for the documentation/site zed.
>
> On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server 2000
> > pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications on
Windows
> > with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz )
> >
> > the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/ addded to
> > the front of all my links and how can I stop it?
> >
> >   origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
> >   now it''s
> > http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214
> >
> >
> > John Ivanoff
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
>  http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Rails mailing list
> Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
>
>
>

I''m not sure you''re using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin
correctly. The plugin
only works properly in PRODUCTION mode

Make sure you configure the config.rb file to point to the correct outbound
address you need.

http://server/controller/myapp/


Then

mongrel_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001-e
production -a 192.168.10.246

The plugin will fix your URLs for you.

To make it just http://server/controller you will need to modify the proxy
settings in Apache (remove the alias folder and use document root). Then
change the path in the config.rb for reverse_proxy_fix to point to
http://server/controller

Don''t touch routes!

On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I am using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin.
>
> my web server is a 2k box we''ll call
''webserver''.
> when I accessed http://webserver/myapp/controller locally
> the page shows up, but the links point to
> http://localhost/myapp//controller/action/id (this is from the source
> from the displayed page)
> my stylesheet was pionting to
> http://localhost/myapp//stylesheets/scaffold.css?1147879980
>
> which will work as long as i''m on webserver.
> If I went to another pc, say ''winxp'' and I went to
> ''http://webserver/myapp/controller'' the page displays,
but the links
> don''t ''work'' because it is trying to access
localhost. follow?
>
> so I stoped and removed the mongrel sevice then I reinstalled using this.
> mongrel_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001
> -e development -a 192.168.10.246
> (it''s an internal server)
> and started the service. it''s running.
> Now I go to http://webserver/myapp/controller all the links go to
> /controller/action/id (from web page source).
> so now the links don''t work because the app name (myapp) is not in
the url
> path.
> do I need to do something with route?
> I would actually like hide the application from the URL.
> so instead of http://server/myapp/controller
> it would be http://server/controller
>
> I''m not sure If I confused you or made it more clear
>
> thanks.
> john
>
> On 7/7/06, Brian Hogan <bphogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > John:
> > I''m the author of that article. Would you please elaborate
more on your
> > problem? Are you using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin?
> >
> >
> > On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> >  answer to my problem...
> >
> > a,?address (:host)
> >     Address to bind to when listening for connections.
> >         * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)
> >
> > thanks for the documentation/site zed.
> >
> > On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a server
2000
> > > pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails Applications
on Windows
> > > with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz )
> > >
> > > the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/
addded to
> > > the front of all my links and how can I stop it?
> > >
> > >   origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
> > >   now it''s
> > > http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214
> > >
> > >
> > > John Ivanoff
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> >  http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
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On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 14:29 -0500, John Ivanoff wrote:
> answer to my problem...
> 
> a,?address (:host)
>     Address to bind to when listening for connections.
>         * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)
> 
> thanks for the documentation/site zed.
Another approach is to set the X-Fowarded-For header in the web server
in front.  Weird thing is Apache is supposed to do this already when it
proxies a connection.  Mongrel will pick-up this header and set
REMOTE_HOST to it so that rails gets the routing and rewrites correct.

Run your app with one mongrel and the -B option turned on for a couple
requests.  Then go look at the log/mongrel_debug/rails.log file and see
what headers it''s giving to your rails app.  If REMOTE_HOST says
localhost then something''s not right with your apache config.  If you
don''t see X_FORWARDED_FOR as well then research via google how to set
it
with mod_header and force it to the vhost.


-- 
Zed A. Shaw
http://www.zedshaw.com/
http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/
http://www.railsmachine.com/ -- Need Mongrel support?

Brian,
Got it to work, I didn''t notice i was in development mode.
thanks for you help.

john

On 7/7/06, Brian Hogan <bphogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I''m not sure you''re using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin
correctly. The plugin
> only works properly in PRODUCTION mode
>
> Make sure you configure the config.rb file to point to the correct outbound
> address you need.
>
>  http://server/controller/myapp/
>
>
> Then
>
> mongrel_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001-e
> production -a 192.168.10.246
>
> The plugin will fix your URLs for you.
>
> To make it just http://server/controller you will need to modify the proxy
> settings in Apache (remove the alias folder and use document root). Then
> change the path in the config.rb for reverse_proxy_fix to point to
> http://server/controller
>
> Don''t touch routes!
>
>
> On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin.
> >
> > my web server is a 2k box we''ll call
''webserver''.
> > when I accessed http://webserver/myapp/controller locally
> > the page shows up, but the links point to
> > http://localhost/myapp//controller/action/id (this is
> from the source
> > from the displayed page)
> > my stylesheet was pionting to
> >
> http://localhost/myapp//stylesheets/scaffold.css?1147879980
> >
> > which will work as long as i''m on webserver.
> > If I went to another pc, say ''winxp'' and I went to
> > ''http://webserver/myapp/controller '' the page
displays,
> but the links
> > don''t ''work'' because it is trying to access
localhost. follow?
> >
> > so I stoped and removed the mongrel sevice then I reinstalled using
this.
> > mongrel_rails service::install -N intranet -c c:\web\intranet -p 4001
> > -e development -a 192.168.10.246
> > (it''s an internal server)
> > and started the service. it''s running.
> > Now I go to http://webserver/myapp/controller all the
> links go to
> > /controller/action/id (from web page source).
> > so now the links don''t work because the app name (myapp) is
not in the url
> path.
> > do I need to do something with route?
> > I would actually like hide the application from the URL.
> > so instead of http://server/myapp/controller
> > it would be http://server/controller
> >
> > I''m not sure If I confused you or made it more clear
> >
> > thanks.
> > john
> >
> > On 7/7/06, Brian Hogan <bphogan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > John:
> > > I''m the author of that article. Would you please
elaborate more on your
> > > problem? Are you using the reverse_proxy_fix plugin?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > >  answer to my problem...
> > >
> > > a,?address (:host)
> > >     Address to bind to when listening for connections.
> > >         * Default: 0.0.0.0 (every interface)
> > >
> > > thanks for the documentation/site zed.
> > >
> > > On 7/7/06, John Ivanoff <john.ivanoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I have apache2 - mongrel 0.3.13.3-mswin32 running, on a
server 2000
> > > > pc, by folowing the ''Serving Multiple Rails
Applications on Windows
> > > > with Apache and Mongrel'' ( http://tinyurl.com/z9ftz
)
> > > >
> > > > the question I have is why is why is http://localhost/myapp/
addded to
> > > > the front of all my links and how can I stop it?
> > > >
> > > >   origanal link using webrick    /employees/edit/1214
> > > >   now it''s
> > > > http://localhost/myapp//employees/edit/1214
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > John Ivanoff
> > > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rails mailing list
> > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > >  http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Rails mailing list
> > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Rails mailing list
> > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org
> > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
> >
>
>
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>
>