On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 13:23:28 +0100 (+0100), Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> > I have a VPS I'd like to deploy it on running Debian Etch, which already
> > has Apache2 installed and serving other static pages.
> 
> If you want to keep your Apache2, I'd recommend using ModProxy and
> Mongrel.  For scaling purposes, it's normal to use several Mongrel
> instances, but to make that work, you need ModProxyBalancer, which
> comes with Apache 2.2.
I've heard of issues with mongrel (from Reductive Labs incidentally),
it might be worth looking at mod_passenger (aka mod_rails/mod_ruby I
believe).
Have a look at brightbox.net for some prepackaged stuff.
Adrian
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