knowledgebase/linux/Setup eRuby If you would like to use embedded Ruby with Apache, so that you can embed ruby code into your html documents, here is a quick way to configure it. If you are going to use eRuby with a virtual host you will need to enable cgi programs. On Debian based distros the default cgi-bin is here, but you may need to insert this into your virtual host directive {code} ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ {code} On RedHat/Fedora based distros it looks like this {code} ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/" {code} Then copy this script into a file called eruby.sh or similar. {code} #!/bin/bash apt-get install -y eruby if [ -e /etc/redhat-release ]; then touch /etc/httpd/conf.d/eruby.conf echo "Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby" > /etc/httpd/conf.d/eruby.conf fi if [ -e /etc/debian-release ]; then touch /etc/apache2/conf.d/eruby.conf echo "Action application/x-httpd-eruby /cgi-bin/eruby" > /etc/apache2/conf.d/eruby.conf fi echo "application/x-httpd-eruby rhtml" >> /etc/mime.types if [ -e /etc/debian-release ]; then ln -s $(which eruby) /usr/lib/cgi-bin/eruby a2enmod actions /etc/init.d/apache2 restart echo '<% puts "Hello World!" %>' > /var/www/test.rhtml fi # afaik the actions module is enabled on fedora if [ -e /etc/redhat-release ]; then ln -s $(which eruby) /var/www/cgi-bin/eruby echo '<% puts "Hello World!" %>' > /var/www/html/test.rhtml fi # Restart Apache if [ -e /etc/debian-release ]; then /etc/init.d/apache2 restart fi if [ -e /etc/redhat-release ]; then /etc/init.d/httpd restart fi {code} Now browse to http://yourdomain/test.rhtml and see that it works. This will allow you to experiment with inline Ruby programing in your html pages, but if your seriously looking to use eruby you might want to consider using mod_ruby, more information here: http://wiki.modruby.net/en/?InstallGuide This script was suggested by what I read on this page: http://www.rubycentral.com/book/web.html 2007-03-21 00:20:59.0 2007-03-21 00:20:59.0