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I have a ubuntu 10.04 server and i've installed nginx from repositories with:

apt-get install nginx

i have all my sites running and i want to install redmine but i'm having problems with passenger. I have installed passenger but i can add it to nginx because i dont have the sources so i can't use:

passenger-install-nginx-module

Would this break my current nginx installation? Is there any way of install passenger module? can i have 2 nginx servers running on the same machine, different port?I could install redmine in a nginx on another port.

Thank you all.

Oterox
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Either install it from Brightbox repository or you must recompile the Nginx. Sure, you also can run 2 Nginx instances with different port if you really want.

I can't believe i have to recompile nginx to add a module!

AFAIK, Nginx doesn't support the loadable modules mechanism.

quanta
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  • i know about brightbox but it means a new installation too.I can't believe i have to recompile nginx to add a module!! I'm talking about a production site so i don't want to recompile or reinstall and loose my webs or run into trouble.I was thinking in install a second nginx instance and migrate all webs there and then remove the first one, but installing redmine is not so important for doing all this work. – Oterox Sep 23 '11 at 07:54
  • @Oterox: Nginx requires does not support dynamic loading of modules for performance reasons, recompiling nginx does not require any downtime of your webserver, though. – Martin Fjordvald Sep 23 '11 at 15:10
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You can use Passenger Standalone (which is based on nginx) and set this to listen on different port or IP than main nginx.

In your case simply run:

sudo passenger start

in redmine root directory. If everything is ok you should see redmine under 

http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:3000

More info: http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Standalone.html

Łukasz Muchlado
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