Rails_hosting_faq
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Rails Hosting FAQ

Does PLANET ARGON have any documentation?
Yes! In early 2006, PLANET ARGON and several customers collaborated and started the PLANET ARGON Documentation Project.
How much is Rails hosting at PLANET ARGON?
Hosting packages start as low as $11.25/month.
How familiar with Rails is PLANET ARGON?
Robby Russell, owner of PLANET ARGON, is currently writing a book on the topic of Ruby on Rails for O’Reilly Media, titled, Programming Rails. PLANET ARGON has been hosting Rails-based websites since February 2005 and was one of the first companies that began offering this service.
How does your Rails Hosting work?
PLANET ARGON manages all the server configurations, so you all that you need to do is upload your source code, setup your database, and launch your web browser. Our servers utilize Lighttpd, Apache (mod_proxy) and currently supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite database servers.
How do I connect to my PostgreSQL port?
You can specify your PostgreSQL port in config/database.yml 
development:
  adapter: postgresql
  database: yourdbname
  host: localhost
  port: 5401 <---your private PostgreSQL port
  username: yourusername
  password: yourpassword
My application runs on Windows, but not on your server.
This is often overlooked. If you open up public/dispatch.cgi and see that the path to the Ruby executable is c:/ruby/bin/ruby, you should note that this path does not exist in Unix. To change this and any other files that point to the Ruby executable, run the following command from the root directory of your Rails application: 
ruby -i.bak -pe 'gsub!("#!c:/ruby/bin/ruby",
        "#!/usr/bin/ruby")'
         public/dispatch.* script/*
How do I enable FastCGI?
This is actually quite simple. Just open up public/.htaccess and modify the following line: 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /dispatch.cgi?$1 [QSA,L]
to 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /dispatch.fcgi?$1 [QSA,L]
How often are Ruby Gems upgraded?
PLANET ARGON updates RubyGems every day. Take a look at a list of our currently installed Ruby Gems