Comments on: Mongrel/WEBrick Forwarding in Apache

By: bryce

bryce — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:55:48 +0000

I tried using this for a public-facing server (which is probably a huge mistake in its own right). I ran into two major issues.

First, you have to remember to have mod_proxy running on your server.

Second, to define permissions, you have to add a directive like:

http://127.0.0.1:3000>
Order allow,deny
allow from all

At least, that did it for me. Without that directive, you’ll get nothing but 403 forbiddens, which can only entertain you for so long.

By: bryce

bryce — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:55:48 +0000

<Proxy http://127.0.0.1:3000>
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Proxy>

Sorry. Should have previewed.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:55:48 +0000

I searched hours and hours to find a solution for my apache2, suse 9.3, plesk VPS. I matched tons of tutorials how to build this with lighttpd or from the bottom of a new installation. So this saved me and i want to thank you a lot :)

P.S. for some reasons i don´t know, my rails – mongrel – apache – proxy works without that directive. I have mod_proxy installed but no directive. Do you have any suggestions why this works also ?

best wishes

Andy

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:55:48 +0000

Andy,
What directive do you mean?