VirtualHost problem with passenger (mod_rails)

Question

I'm at my wit's end here with virtual hosting. I'm trying to install redmine and it works with the webrick test server, but when I tried to use passenger (mod_rails) to host and go to the address I specified when in the virtualhost part of my apache config file nothing happens. Here is the relavent section of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf where I try to set up the virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>

SetEnv RAILS_ENV production
ServerName redmine.MYSITE.com:80
DocumentRoot /opt/redmine-1.0.5/public/
<Directory /opt/redmine-1.0.5/public/>
    Options -MultiViews
    Allow from all
    AllowOverride none
</Directory>

However, when I got to redmine.MYSITE.com:80 nothing happens, I just get our normal home page. I have no idea what the problem is, any help our guidance would be greatly appreciated. If you need any other information, please tell me and I'll provide it.

Answer 1

It took me a while to get Redmine running under Passenger. This is what I have

Install passenger:

passenger-install-apache2-module

Edit Apache confg file:

LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.11/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.11
PassengerRuby /usr/bin/ruby

Create a new directory in the default server:

<Directory>
/webserver_root/html/redmine
RailsBaseURI /redmine
AllowOverride all
Options -MultiViews
</Directory>

Lastly, make a link to the physical directory where your ruby apps live (ie NOT under /html or whatever directory you serve most Apache pages from. This MUST be a link to redmine's public subdirectory)

ln -s /webserver_root/ruby_apps/redmine/public /webserver_root/html/redmine

So Apache now tries to show all the public pages as normal, but all other pages get routed through passenger. You access it as a subfolder - eg. http://mywebserver/redmine

Answer 2

Your VirtualHost *:80 directive must be matched by a corresponding NameVirtualHost *:80 earlier in your config.

You can ask apache what it makes of your vhosts with the -S switch. Of course, the name of your server binary depends somewhat on how it was installed and on what OS/Distro .