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Getting a rails app working on Site5. After reading a bunch of confusing stuff and going down a lot of dead ends i finally figured out four simple things to getting a rails app running on site5.

Essentially its this:

1. Get the ability to install local gems, with this nice thread.
2. Make an .htaccess file with the only contents being "PassengerEnabled on" in it.
3. Setup the .htaccess file in 'public_html' to follow symlinks
4. Setup a symlink from where your app sits in your account, to a place in 'public_html'

Ok so that list is far from a tutorial but if you want to figure out the symlink stuff go here. I'd ignore the stuff in that thread that doesn't talk about making the symbolic links work, since the Phusion Passenger deployment of rails is far simpler to get a rails app running. Another helpful page is the scripting and development page on site5's wiki as well (though at the time I'm writing this I feel its slightly confusing for a newbie).