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Using apache
No, this does not work. It's just left as a starting point if anyone might make it work
##Basic Http Proxy You can get the same basic behavior that nginx proxy uses from the proxy_balancer Apache mod. With this you can put in a rewrite rule for /diaspora and send it to port 3000. You would still need port 8080 open for the EM server, but there is no reason a basic proxy mechanic shouldn't work. I haven't tried it, but it's the path least fraught with peril.
##Passenger A common way to run Rails apps on Apache is the Passenger apache module. See http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide.html
There is no Fedora passenger rpm ATM, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470696
See also Installing on Ubuntu Apache
To setup apache to run diaspora:
sudo gem install passenger
sudo yum install apr-devel httpd-devel rubygem-rake
sudo passenger-install-apache2-module
Create a new file /etc/httpd/conf.d/passenger.conf with content as given from passenger-install-apache2-module. For me, this was:
LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.15/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.15
PassengerRuby /usr/bin/ruby
Copy the complete diaspora application to e. g., /usr/local/webapps to avoid troubles when apache can't access files in your ordinary home dir. Avoid storing the app under /var/www, seems that rewriting rules becomes unhappy in some cases then (?)
cd <parent of diaspora dir>
sudo mkdir /usr/local/webapps
sudo mv diaspora /usr/local/webapps
mkdir /usr/local/webapps/diaspora/tmp # All rack apps should have a tmp dir.
chown -R apache /usr/local/webapps/diaspora
Setup the symlink used by RacklBaseURI which also is the url you access diaspora at:
cd /var/www/diaspora
ln -s public diaspora
Install the bundle
sudo bundle install --system
mkdir -p devise.git/ruby
ln -s /usr/lib/ruby/gems/* devise.git/ruby/
Create a virtual http server for the diaspora app by appending something like this to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf (using your own servername for host.domain.tld):
Listen 3000
<virtualhost *:3000>
ServerName host.domain.tld
DocumentRoot /usr/local/webapps/diaspora
RailsEnv development
RackEnv development
RackBaseURI /diaspora # The link created above
<Directory /usr/local/webapps/diaspora/public>
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</virtualhost>
Restart server using 'server httpd restart'.
Access the server on http://host.domain.tld:3000/diaspora
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