Rails - Jul 2006 - Installing ROR/Webrick app on Windows 2000/2003 Server

Hi all,

I am currently not able to use search since it is disabled, so I will 
ask my question and hope I am not repeating a past question.

I am looking into developing an app to run in Windows 2000/2003 Server 
environment. To install ROR on a server to run an app on Webrick do I 
need any extra steps beyond those needed to install on my development 
laptop (XP prof) ?

The idea is to run the aplication in an office LAN. I assume the ROR 
installations steps will be similar to my local installation. I plan to 
use the ROR windows installer.

Thanks for your input

Tuka

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> -----Original Message-----
> I am looking into developing an app to run in Windows 
> 2000/2003 Server environment. To install ROR on a server to 
> run an app on Webrick do I need any extra steps beyond those 
> needed to install on my development laptop (XP prof) ?
The basic install of the software and your application will be
essentially the same as your development laptop.  The main thing I
assume you will want is to have the application automatically run when
the server starts.  This will require setting up your app to run as a
service.  I would highly recommend using Mongrel instead of Webrick for
a number of reasons.  

First, it can be easily configured to work as a windows service (this is
what I am using (although only running on WinXP essentially acting as a
server).

Second is performance

Third is scalability.  You don''t mention how many users will be
accessing the application at the same time but you may find the need to
add more instances of your application and if you are using Mongrel you
can run the Mongrel cluster to expand your application.
> The idea is to run the aplication in an office LAN. I assume 
> the ROR installations steps will be similar to my local 
> installation. I plan to use the ROR windows installer.
This is exactly my situation.  I have a very small specialized app that
is used by 2-3 people served off a WinXP box under Mongrel as a service.
Works great!

--Bill

You cannot use Mongrel_Cluster under Windows, so larger apps require special
care.

I''ll be covering Windows deployment in an upcoming book. However, the
long
and short of this is that Mongrel is the best choice for deploying in
Windows. You may need additional tools if you want scalability, but for
smallish apps, it will work fine.

You need Ruby (one click will work fine).

Then you need to install Rails

Then you install Mongrel

gem install mongrel

Pick the highest numbered version (0.13.3 or higher)... it''s going to
be at
the top of the list so you may need to scroll up and look in the buffer.)

Accept all dependencies


To run Mongrel, you just replace your call to script/server with
mongrel_rails start


Want to run in production mode?   mongrel_rails start -e production

Want to install as a service?

1. gem install mongrel_service
2. from the root of your app (where you normally start webrick) do
    mongrel_rails service::install -N my_test_app -e proudction
3. mongrel_rails service::start -N my_test_app

If your app is configured properly then everything should go fine. See the
mongrel docs for more information.

With the right hardware, you should be able to get about 9 to 35 requests
per second.


On 7/18/06, William (Bill) Froelich <wfroelich@dbsnow.com>
wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I am looking into developing an app to run in Windows
> > 2000/2003 Server environment. To install ROR on a server to
> > run an app on Webrick do I need any extra steps beyond those
> > needed to install on my development laptop (XP prof) ?
>
> The basic install of the software and your application will be
> essentially the same as your development laptop.  The main thing I
> assume you will want is to have the application automatically run when
> the server starts.  This will require setting up your app to run as a
> service.  I would highly recommend using Mongrel instead of Webrick for
> a number of reasons.
>
> First, it can be easily configured to work as a windows service (this is
> what I am using (although only running on WinXP essentially acting as a
> server).
>
> Second is performance
>
> Third is scalability.  You don''t mention how many users will be
> accessing the application at the same time but you may find the need to
> add more instances of your application and if you are using Mongrel you
> can run the Mongrel cluster to expand your application.
>
> > The idea is to run the aplication in an office LAN. I assume
> > the ROR installations steps will be similar to my local
> > installation. I plan to use the ROR windows installer.
>
> This is exactly my situation.  I have a very small specialized app that
> is used by 2-3 people served off a WinXP box under Mongrel as a service.
> Works great!
>
> --Bill
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Hi Tuka,

I had some problems getting Apache and fastcgi (my preferred 
configuration) to work on a win2003 Server environment (after installing 
ROR / Fastcgi on linux several times successfully). I tried it several 
times with the xampp 1.5.3 package from apachefriends.org until mongrel 
crossed my way.

At the beginning i used webrick; from my point of view mongrel seems 
more performant.

I got happy with the following configuration steps:

- installed Ruby with the Ruby 1.84 one-Click-installer (you have to use 
Version 1.8.4)

- I had to set the environment variable for ruby manually ( type on 
command line ruby -v and you''ll see if it worked)

- on the command line: gem install rails -- include-dependencies

after that I installed mongrel

- gem install mongrel

mongrel asked to install the win32-service - i agreed. after that I 
started mongrel:

mongrel_rails start

It is also possible to let mongrel run as an win service; Before 
installation take a look at the documentation

I also run it in an office LAN; mongrel is working well.

Good luck!

Thorsten

Tuka Opaleye wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am currently not able to use search since it is disabled, so I will 
> ask my question and hope I am not repeating a past question.
> 
> I am looking into developing an app to run in Windows 2000/2003 Server 
> environment. To install ROR on a server to run an app on Webrick do I 
> need any extra steps beyond those needed to install on my development 
> laptop (XP prof) ?
> 
> The idea is to run the aplication in an office LAN. I assume the ROR 
> installations steps will be similar to my local installation. I plan to 
> use the ROR windows installer.
> 
> Thanks for your input
> 
> Tuka

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Thanks for your input. I will look into the mongrel suggestion

I have a few more questions:

-Just to be sure.. Is it possible to run Webrick on one port and Mongrel 
on another for the same app ? i would just like to make sure that in 
case I want to revert to Webrick there will be no problems and also do 
some crosschecking on my development machine.

-My app may have up to 5 people simulataneously

Thanks for your input

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I would avoid WEBrick for your app... but yes it''s possible to run both
servers pointing to the same app. In fact, that''s how you do load
balancing
with multiple servers.



On 7/18/06, Tuka Opaleye <tuka@yorn.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your input. I will look into the mongrel suggestion
>
> I have a few more questions:
>
> -Just to be sure.. Is it possible to run Webrick on one port and Mongrel
> on another for the same app ? i would just like to make sure that in
> case I want to revert to Webrick there will be no problems and also do
> some crosschecking on my development machine.
>
> -My app may have up to 5 people simulataneously
>
> Thanks for your input
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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