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I already have an apache webserver set up, and it is working for PHP.

It has no static VirtualHosts set up, and dynamically routes all requests.

A request for http://example.com/ would be served from the document root /var/www/example.com (VirtualDocumentRoot), and a request for http://example.com/~user/ would be served from the document root /home/user/public_html (mod_userdir). The latter works no matter what the domain.

I would like to be able to serve Ruby on Rails applications, from the root of a document root, or from a subdirectory, using Phusion Passenger. However, it requires me to add some lines to the <VirtualHost> directive, which obviously isn't there.

I would prefer a solution that does not require root to deploy an application, but this is not critical. I also do not mind a solution that does not use Passenger, if I have the same ease of deployment.

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    Wow. I got Tumbleweed, no answers. I offered a 200point bounty, no answers. I guess it's time to give up. Commented Jul 11, 2010 at 16:40

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Simple solution is to write a location module in mod_perl that dynamically updates the virtualhost environment (not the container) on a per-request basis. That's how we handled 404s for sites that weren't set up prior to the client logging in via ftp.

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  • Define "virtualhost environment", please. If you mean sites-enabled or an equivalent, we're not using it. Otherwise, yes, I could simply write a script to create a VirtualHost for each user Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 19:01
  • with mass_virtual, you can affect the thread and dynamically add directives without needing a VirtualHost container. It affects the context of the request on a per-request basis, which will allow you to do exactly what you need to do. Commented Jul 4, 2010 at 19:35
  • I'm sorry, I still don't understand, and Google isn't being very helpful. Please could you post an example script? Commented Jul 5, 2010 at 18:02
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Unfortunately, this doesn't seem possible. Passenger is completely incompatible with userdirs, and with VirtualDocumentRoot, a separate VirtualHost is required.

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