[chef] Re: passenger_apache2 problems

[Cassiano Leal < >]

Hi Jeffrey,

I've asked a similar question [0] on this list a few weeks ago. I specifically mentioned the use of rbenv for installing and managing Rubies, but the problem is the same.

TL;DR -- There's apparently no solution for this, at least not a simple one. 

After banging my head too much trying to get the module to work, I decided to go passenger standalone (with a few tips from Mathieu Martin) and use an apache vhost to reverse-proxy the requests to this standalone instance. I can give you pointers for that if it works for you.

- cassiano

[0] http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2013-05/msg00204.html

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 05:43, Jeffrey Jones wrote:

Hello all

I have just spent the afternoon trying to figure out why the passenger_apache2 cookbook wasn't working for me so my brain is a bit broken, apologies.

The setup:

I am using Vagrant (with berkshelf) and the https://dl.dropbox.com/u/31081437/Berkshelf-CentOS-6.3-x86_64-minimal.box box.

I am building ruby using the chef-ruby_build cookbook and then symlinking to /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin.

I am then installing apache2 using the apache2 cookbook and attempting to install the passenger_apache2 cookbook to install phusion passenger.

The passenger_apache2 cookbook installs the gem and .so files correctly however the passenger.conf and passenger.load files always point to the embedded chef ruby locations.

After a bit of searching I found http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/COOK-2293 which is the exact issue I am facing.

I have tried various methods and hacks to get it working ( https://gist.github.com/anonymous/3dc9e0d3413dfb973a1e
) but nothing I have tried works (Including the fix from COOK-2293).

The comments on COOK-2293 don't really seem to offer a solution either.

I have reached the end of my tether but prior to smashing something into little pieces, does anyone have a solution or workaround? (One that doesn't involve setting default['passenger']['root_path']  and default['passenger']['module_path'] manually.)

Cheers

Jeff