Nginx/Passenger

Source cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash apt-get update;echo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg build-essential apt-get install -y software-properties-common git curl file procps libfuse2 apt-get clean;sleep 5 EXE curl -fsSL https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/auto-software-signing-gpg-key-2025.txt \ | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/phusion.asc >/dev/null cat << APT | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/passenger.list >/dev/null deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)\ signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/phusion.asc]\ https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger noble main APT
cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash apt-get update;echo apt-get install -y nginx libnginx-mod-http-passenger /usr/bin/passenger_free_ruby -v which passenger;echo passenger version apt-get clean EXE
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Passenger » Why

Passenger » Why
Feature Nginx + Passenger Nginx + Puma Ease of Setup High (Single config file) Medium (Need to manage Puma service) Process Management Automatic (Spawns/restarts apps) Manual (Requires Systemd or Monit) Memory Management Excellent (Auto-kills bloated processes) Good (Manual tuning required) Multi-Language Supports Ruby, Python, Node.js Ruby only

Passenger » How

Passenger » How

How » Install lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 passenger || true && sleep 5 lxc delete passenger/ubuntu:24.04 || true lxc snapshot passenger ubuntu:24.04 && sleep 1 lxc restore passenger ubuntu:24.04 && sleep 5 lxc exec passenger -- uname -r lxc restore passenger ubuntu:24.04 && sleep 5 lxc delete passenger/nginx:1.24.0 || true cat <<'INI' | \ lxc exec passenger -- bash cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash apt-get update;echo apt-get install -y nginx nginx -v;echo ;apt-get clean;sleep 5 EXE INI lxc snapshot passenger nginx:1.24.0 && sleep 1 lxc restore passenger nginx:1.24.0 && sleep 5 lxc exec passenger -- nginx -v lxc restore passenger nginx:1.24.0 && sleep 5 lxc delete passenger/passenger:6.1.2 || true cat <<'INI' | \ lxc exec passenger -- bash cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash apt-get update;echo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg build-essential apt-get install -y software-properties-common git curl file procps libfuse2 apt-get clean;sleep 5 EXE curl -fsSL https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/auto-software-signing-gpg-key-2025.txt \ | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/phusion.asc >/dev/null cat << APT | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/passenger.list >/dev/null deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)\ signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/phusion.asc]\ https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger noble main APT cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash apt-get update;echo apt-get install -y libnginx-mod-http-passenger which passenger;echo passenger version apt-get clean EXE INI lxc snapshot passenger passenger:6.1.2 && sleep 1 lxc restore passenger passenger:6.1.2 && sleep 5 lxc exec passenger -- passenger version How » Config lxc restore passenger passenger:6.1.2 && sleep 5 lxc exec passenger -- passenger version echo lxc exec passenger -- cat /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/phusion_passenger/locations.ini;echo lxc exec passenger -- cat /etc/nginx/conf.d/mod-http-passenger.conf lxc exec passenger -- sh -c 'ls -alh /var/run/passenger-instreg/*' lxc exec passenger -- /usr/bin/passenger_free_ruby -v echo lxc exec passenger -- cat /usr/share/nginx/modules-available/mod-http-passenger.load;echo lxc exec passenger -- cat /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-passenger.conf cat <<'INI' | \ lxc exec passenger -- bash cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash if [ ! -f /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-passenger.conf ]; then ln -s /usr/share/nginx/modules-available/mod-http-passenger.load \ /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/50-mod-http-passenger.conf fi ls -lah /etc/nginx/conf.d/mod-http-passenger.conf EXE INI cat <<'INI' | \ lxc exec passenger -- bash cat <<'EXE' | sudo bash systemctl restart nginx;echo passenger-config validate-install --auto;echo passenger-memory-stats --no-apache;echo passenger-config about ruby-command EXE INI