Nginx Config: one Server name and two Applications - ruby-on-rails

Question

Sorry, this question may have already being answered, but I can't find the answer that will help me.
My situation is like this. We have a interal server, say called "helper.local.company" We currently use it to run a Rails Application. To get there a user just types "helper.local.company/ror_app1_route"
I would like to now install another app on to the server and then alloy the users to only type helper.local.company/ror_app2_route to get to the new app.
my current nginx conf file looks like this:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
server_name helper.local.company;
root /var/www/apps/ror_app1/current/public;
passenger_enabled on;
rack_env production;
}
What would I need to change or add inorder to allow the two rails apps to work with out having to use sub-domains?
Thanks

Answer 1

what keyword you need is 'passenger_base_uri'
reference from:http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Nginx.html#deploying_rails_to_sub_uri
The following is a simple example
Suppose that you already have a server virtual host entry:
http {
...
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.phusion.nl;
root /websites/phusion;
}
...
}
And you want your Ruby on Rails application to be accessible from the URL http://www.phusion.nl/rails.
To do this, make a symlink in the virtual host’s document root, and have it point to your Ruby on Rails application’s public folder. For example:
ln -s /webapps/mycook/public /websites/phusion/rails
Next, set passenger_enabled on and add a passenger_base_uri option to the server block:
http {
...
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.phusion.nl;
root /websites/phusion;
passenger_enabled on; # <--- These lines have
passenger_base_uri /rails; # <--- been added.
}
...
}
Then restart Nginx. The application has now been deployed.
You can deploy multiple Rails applications under a virtual host, by specifying passenger_base_uri multiple times. For example:
server {
...
passenger_base_uri /app1;
passenger_base_uri /app2;
passenger_base_uri /app3;
}