Ruby on Rails With Apache/MySQL on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
Install a Path Line Using Text Editor
Such as TextMate, TextWrangler, BBEdit or vi (My favorite is TextMate and “
mate” command or just use “vim” command).
Remove Mysql 5.5 if you have (Mysql 5.1 is the most stable version)
For some reason I faced some problems with MySQL 5.5 so I installed the most stable version : MySQL 5.1 64 Bit .
Use mysqldump to backup your databases to text files! After that :
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
sudo rm /usr/local/mysql
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/My*
rm -rf ~/Library/PreferencePanes/My*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/mysql*
sudo rm -rf /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
sudo rm -rf /var/db/receipts/com.mysql.*
mate /etc/hostconfig
Remove the line
MYSQLCOM=-YES-
Download and install Mysql 5.1 [Mac OS X ver. 10.6 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive]
Configure Path , download and Install Macports
mate ~/.bash_profile
Add the following to the end of file and save
export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH
http://www.macports.org/install.php
(MacPorts-1.9.2–10.6-SnowLeopard.dmg)
Download and Install Ruby
sudo port -v install ruby
Download , Install and Update RubyGems
mkdir ~/src
cd ~/src
curl -O http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
tar xzvf rubygems-1.3.7.tgz
cd rubygems-1.3.7
sudo ruby setup.rb
sudo gem update — system
Install rails, rake, bundle, rspec etc.
sudo gem install rake rails thin tzinfo capistrano ruby-debug rspec
Install Mysql Gem
sudo env ARCHFLAGS=”-arch x86_64" gem install — no-rdoc — no-ri mysql — — with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
You can use
sudo gem uninstall mysql
to uninstall
Test mysql gem
irb
irb > require ‘rubygems’
irb > require ‘mysql’
irb > Mysql.new(‘localhost’, ‘root’, ‘password’, ‘test’)
Install Sqlite gem
sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby
Install Passenger gem
sudo gem install passenger
Build passenger for apache
(Just hit enter on prompts)
sudo passenger-install-apache2-module
Include Passenger config file
mate /private/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Add the following to the end of file and save
Include /private/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-passenger.conf
Create Passenger config file for Apache:
My Passenger version is : 3.0.2 so you should edit the code below if yours is a different version
mate /etc/apache2/extra/httpd-passenger.conf
Add the following to the file and save (Change passenger directory string if your have a different version. Learn it by typing
passenger-config — root)
LoadModule passenger_module /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.2/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
PassengerRoot /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.2
PassengerRuby /opt/local/bin/ruby
PassengerMaxPoolSize 6
PassengerMaxInstancesPerApp 2
RailsFrameworkSpawnerIdleTime 1800
RailsAppSpawnerIdleTime 600
PassengerPoolIdleTime 600
PassengerMaxRequests 1000
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot “/Users/goksel/Sites/rails_app/public”
ServerName rails_app
<Directory /Users/goksel/Sites/rails_app/public>
Options -MultiViews
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Add your local domain to hosts:
mate /etc/hosts
Add the following to the end of file and save
127.0.0.1 rails_app
Restart Apache
apachectl configtest
(If you see “Syntax OK” everything is done right)
sudo apachectl stop
sudo apachectl start
Create a Mysql User if you need one
mysql -u root -p
(If you dont have a root password you should create it)
mysql>CREATE USER ‘railsuser’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘pass’;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Create a Rails app
cd ~/sites
rails new rails_app
Configure database.yml
cd rails_app
mate config/database.yml
Remove the content and add the following into file
development:
adapter: mysql
database: railsapp_dev
username: root
password: password
host: localhost
test:
adapter: mysql
database: railsapp_test
username: root
password: password
host: localhost
production:
adapter: mysql
database: railsapp_prod
username: root
password: password
host: localhost
Create an empty database
cd ~/sites/rails_app
rake db:create
