Rails Wiki Howto

1. install fcgi packages: libfcgi0, libfcgi-dev
2. install fcgi apache module: libapache2-mod-fcgid
3. install fcgi ruby gem: gem install fcgi
4. modify your apache conf file (/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default)
   • optionally enable mod_rewrite: a2enmod rewrite
5. modify the fcgid.conf file (/etc/apache2/modules-enabled/fcgid.conf)
   • AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
   • DefaultInitEnv RAILS_ENV development
6. create folder in web document root for rails apps
   • mkdir /var/www/rails
   • chgrp www-data /var/www/rails
   • chmod g+s /var/www/rails
7. set up a rails app
8. configure rails app to use fcgi (app_home/public/.htaccess)
   • comment out fastcgi stuff (cause we're using fcgid!)
   • use dispatch.fcgi instead of dispatch.cgi