Installing Passenger + Apache on a Linux/Unix production server
for Ruby apps + Red Hat 7 / CentOS 7 (with RPM)
No Amazon Linux RPMs
Our YUM repository may not be used with Amazon Linux. Amazon Linux is too different from RHEL and CentOS. If you are on Amazon Linux, please go back to the operating system menu and select "Other / OS independent (generic installation method)".
On this page, we will install Passenger. After installing Passenger we can begin with deploying the app.
Table of contents
Step 1: enable EPEL
The instructions differ depending on whether you are on Red Hat or CentOS. The second step is only necessary on Red Hat.
| Step 1: install EPEL package |
Passenger requires EPEL.
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Step 2 (RHEL only): enable the 'optional' repository |
Enable the optional repository (rhel-7-server-optional-rpms). This can be done by enabling the RHEL optional subchannel for RHN-Classic. For certificate-based subscriptions see Red Hat Subscription Management Guide.
The following commands may be helpful, but are not thoroughly tested.
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Step 2: repair potential system issues
These commands will fix common issues that prevent yum from installing Passenger
Copy# Ensure curl and nss/openssl are sufficiently up-to-date to talk to the repo sudo yum update -y date # if the output of date is wrong, please follow these instructions to install ntp sudo yum install -y ntp sudo chkconfig ntpd on sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org sudo service ntpd start
Step 3: install Passenger packages
These commands will install Passenger + Apache module through Phusion's YUM repository.
Copy# Install various prerequisites sudo yum install -y pygpgme curl # Add our el7 YUM repository sudo curl --fail -sSLo /etc/yum.repos.d/passenger.repo https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/yum/definitions/el-passenger.repo # Install Passenger + Apache module sudo yum install -y mod_passenger || sudo yum-config-manager --enable cr && sudo yum install -y mod_passenger
Step 4: restart Apache
Now that the Passenger Apache module is installed, restart Apache to ensure that Passenger is activated:
Copy$ sudo systemctl restart httpd
Step 5: check installation
After installation, please validate the install by running sudo /usr/bin/passenger-config validate-install. For example:
Copy$ sudo /usr/bin/passenger-config validate-install * Checking whether this Phusion Passenger install is in PATH... ✓ * Checking whether there are no other Phusion Passenger installations... ✓
All checks should pass. If any of the checks do not pass, please follow the suggestions on screen.
Finally, check whether Apache has started the Passenger core processes. Run sudo /usr/sbin/passenger-memory-stats. You should see Apache processes as well as Passenger processes. For example:
Copy$ sudo /usr/sbin/passenger-memory-stats Version: 5.0.8 Date : 2015-05-28 08:46:20 +0200 ---------- Apache processes ---------- PID PPID VMSize Private Name -------------------------------------- 3918 1 190.1 MB 0.1 MB /usr/sbin/httpd ... ----- Passenger processes ------ PID VMSize Private Name -------------------------------- 12517 83.2 MB 0.6 MB Passenger watchdog 12520 266.0 MB 3.4 MB Passenger core 12531 149.5 MB 1.4 MB Passenger ust-router ...
If you do not see any Apache processes or Passenger processes, then you probably have some kind of installation problem or configuration problem. Please refer to the troubleshooting guide.
Step 6: update regularly
Apache updates, Passenger updates and system updates are delivered through the YUM package manager regularly. You should run the following command regularly to keep them up to date:
Copy$ sudo yum update
After an update, you should restart Apache. Doing so will automatically restart Passenger too.
Next step
Now that you have installed Passenger, you are ready to deploy your Ruby application on the production server!