Phusion Passenger

This article is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. For blatant advertising that would require a fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic, use {{db-spam}} to mark for speedy deletion.

Phusion Passenger (informally also known as mod_rails and mod_rack) is a module for the Apache HTTP Server and nginx for deployment of Ruby applications, including those built using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is available as a Gem package and is supported on Unix-like operating systems. Phusion Passenger also supports arbitrary Ruby web applications that follow the Rack interface.

At this time, Phusion Passenger is the preferred way to deploy Ruby on Rails applications,^[1] having been recommended by the Ruby on Rails authors.^[2][3] The Rails Hosting 2009 Survey concluded that Phusion Passenger is the most popular way to deploy Rails applications.^[4] The Chief Evangelist of Planet Argon, the company who conducted the survey, speaks favorably of Phusion Passenger and highly recommends it in production environments.^[5] The survey's conclusion is also supported by data from sites such as The Ruby Toolbox.^[6]

In combination with Ruby Enterprise Edition, Phusion Passenger claims that it is capable of reducing Rails's memory consumption by 33% as well as increasing its performance.^[7] This claim has been verified by major third parties.^[8]

See also

• mod_ruby

External links

• Phusion Passenger official site
• Rack
• Ruby Enterprise Edition

References

1. ^ "Deploy". Ruby on Rails. http://rubyonrails.org/deploy. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
2. ^ "Myth #1: Rails is hard to deploy". Loudthinking.com. 2008-11-13. http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/30-myth-1-rails-is-hard-to-deploy. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
3. ^ "Koz Speaks — Random Musings on Technology". Koziarski.net. http://www.koziarski.net/archives/2008/4/26/now-running-on-passenger. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
4. ^ "Result Summary for Survey:Rails Hosting 2009". Rails-hosting.com. http://rails-hosting.com/Results/SurveySummary.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
5. ^ "82,520 minutes on Phusion Passenger". Robby on Rails. http://www.robbyonrails.com/articles/2009/04/10/82-520-minutes-on-phusion-passenger. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
6. ^ "Web servers". The Ruby Toolbox. http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/web_servers.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
7. ^ "Performance and memory usage comparisons — Ruby Enterprise Edition". Rubyenterpriseedition.com. http://www.rubyenterpriseedition.com/comparisons.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
8. ^ "Passenger - Too-biased". Blog.leetsoft.com. 2008-11-15. http://blog.leetsoft.com/2008/11/15/passenger. Retrieved 2009-07-03.