Question

Can someone please help me figure out why my passenger setup wont work? Here are the steps I have taken to install it.

• cd /Users/username/sandbox/my_rails_app
• gem install passenger –pre
• passenger-install-apache2-module
• Updated apache config files

/private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

LoadModule passenger_module /Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@my_rails_app/gems/passenger-3.0.0.pre4/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /Users/username/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p302@my_rails_app/gems/passenger-3.0.0.pre4
PassengerRuby /Users/username/.rvm/wrappers/ruby-1.8.7-p302@my_rails_app/ruby

/private/etc/apache2/users/username.conf

<Directory "/Users/username/Sites/">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName mule.local
   DocumentRoot /Users/username/sandbox/my_rails_app/public
   <Directory /Users/username/sandbox/my_rails_app/public>
      AllowOverride all              # <-- relax Apache security settings
      Options -MultiViews            # <-- MultiViews must be turned off
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• restarted osx web server
• navigate to mule.local in browser
• nothing happens please help!

Answer 1

I’m a bit late, but if you haven’t discovered it yet, check out Passenger Preference Pane. It’ll make your life much easier. It handles Apache config.