Installing Ruby Web Applications

You can install on your site custom Web applications developed in the Ruby programming language.

To install on your site an application written in Ruby:

  1. On your Home page, under Hosting, click Setup.
  2. Select the CGI and FastCGI check boxes, and click OK.
  3. Connect to your FTP account, change to the /httpdocs directory, and create a subdirectory where the application files will reside. Let's call this directory your_application, for illustration purposes.
  4. Upload the application files to the httpdocs/your_application directory.
  5. Create a file with name .htaccess in this directory, open it with a text editor of your choice and add the following lines into the file:

    RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^$ /public/index.html [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/your_application/public

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /public/$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/dispatch.fcgi/$1 [QSA,L]

  6. Save the file.
  7. Remove the file your_application/public/.htaccess
  8. Open the file your_application/public/dispatch.fcgi with a text editor and put the following lines there: #!/usr/bin/ruby
  9. Save the file.

Now the web application will be accessible at the following URL: http://your-domain.com/your_application.