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brew install passenger v6.1.5_1 MIT

Server for Ruby, Python, and Node.js apps via Apache/NGINX

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30-day installs · #2917
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90-day · #3376
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365-day · #3617

Runtime dependencies

apr apr-util openssl@3 pcre2

Build dependencies

httpd nginx

Links

Caveats

To activate Phusion Passenger for Nginx, run:
  brew install nginx
And add the following to $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/nginx/nginx.conf at the top scope (outside http{}):
  load_module $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/passenger/libexec/modules/ngx_http_passenger_module.so;
And add the following to $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/nginx/nginx.conf in the http scope:
  passenger_root $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/passenger/libexec/src/ruby_supportlib/phusion_passenger/locations.ini;
  passenger_ruby /usr/bin/ruby;

To activate Phusion Passenger for Apache, create /etc/apache2/other/passenger.conf:
  LoadModule passenger_module $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/passenger/libexec/buildout/apache2/mod_passenger.so
  PassengerRoot $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/passenger/libexec/src/ruby_supportlib/phusion_passenger/locations.ini
  PassengerDefaultRuby /usr/bin/ruby
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