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Seye Kuyinu
Seye Kuyinu

Reputation: 121

Ruby on Rails on Linux hosting

I am about learning to program with Ruby on Rails but I'd like to know if web applications built on ROR can be hosted on the regular Linux servers.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1648

Answers (2)

jefflunt
jefflunt

Reputation: 33954

Absolutely. One of the great reference books on Rails, "Agile Web Development with Rails" (written by the guys that created Rails), takes you through a whole demo app that includes server setup, configuration, deployements, everything. They deploy on Linux.

I also ran a site for over a year that was a Rails app, on Linux, and it totally rocked.

I think you'll also find that the broader Rails community prefers Linux. That means when you need help with something, you're much more likely to find someone else who has had your specific problem and is able to help you fix it.

You may also find this question helpful in choosing - how to select a Rails host (if you don't host it yourself).

Upvotes: 5

Rishav Rastogi
Rishav Rastogi

Reputation: 15492

Yes they can be and its advised to use Linux Hosting. I hardly if anybody uses windows hosting for Ruby on Rails. As for servers, You can use

  • A server called Mongrel ( in a cluster ) Behind Apache or Nginx.

  • Unicorn

  • Apache with Mod_Rails ( Phusion Passenger )

Upvotes: 2

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