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If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend contacting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/support\/\">RoseHosting&#8217;s fully managed support<\/a>. They can upgrade or migrate you to a supported version of AlmaLinux.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this guide may still be helpful as a reference, it may not be compatible with other CentOS releases. Alternatively, the following RoseHosting tutorial outlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-postgresql-on-almalinux-9\/\">how to install Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL on AlmaLinux 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In one of our previous tutorials, we showed how you can install Ruby on Rails with Nginx and Passenger on a <a title=\"Debian VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/debian-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debian VPS<\/a>. In this article, we will show you how to install Ruby on Rails with Apache and Passenger on a <a title=\"CentOS VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Step-by-step Guide<\/h2>\n<p><strong>First, let&#8217;s create a new sudo user<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">adduser newUser\npasswd newUser\nusermod -G wheel newUser<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Next, run visudo and uncomment the following line<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Switch to the new user<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">su newUser<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Update the system and install Apache<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">sudo yum -y update \nsudo yum -y install curl curl-devel httpd-devel httpd mod_ssl<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Install the latest Ruby version using RVM<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">sudo curl -L https:\/\/get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby<\/pre>\n<div><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\">To confirm everything is set up correctly, run the command \u201cruby -v\u201d.<\/span><\/span>The output should be similar to the following:<\/div>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\"># ruby --version\nruby 2.0.0p247 (2013-06-27 revision 41674) [i686-linux]<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Install Rails and Passenger<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">gem install rails passenger<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Install Passenger for Apache<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">rvmsudo passenger-install-apache2-module<\/pre>\n<p>After finishing, the installer will print a message similar to the following:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">LoadModule passenger_module \/home\/newUser\/.rvm\/gems\/ruby-2.0.0-p247\/gems\/passenger-4.0.10\/buildout\/apache2\/mod_passenger.so\nPassengerRoot \/home\/newUser\/.rvm\/gems\/ruby-2.0.0-p247\/gems\/passenger-4.0.10\nPassengerDefaultRuby \/home\/newUser\/.rvm\/wrappers\/ruby-2.0.0-p247\/ruby<\/pre>\n<p>Create a new passenger.conf file with the lines above.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">sudo vim \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/passenger.conf<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Create a directory for your Rails application<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">mkdir -p ~\/my_rails_app<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Create a new virtual host for your application.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next up, open the \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf file and uncomment the following line<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">NameVirtualHost *:80<\/pre>\n<p>At the end of the file, add<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: shell; gutter: false\">&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0 ServerName yourdomain.com\n\u00a0\u00a0 ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com\n\u00a0\u00a0 DocumentRoot \/home\/newUser\/my_rails_app\/public\n\u00a0\u00a0 &lt;Directory \/home\/newUser\/my_rails_app\/public&gt;\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AllowOverride all\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Options -MultiViews\n\u00a0\u00a0 &lt;\/Directory&gt;\n\u00a0 ErrorLog \/var\/log\/httpd\/my_rails_app_error.log\n\u00a0 CustomLog \/var\/log\/httpd\/my_rails_app_access.log common\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>Restart Apache for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n<pre>sudo \/etc\/init.d\/httpd restart<\/pre>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Congratulations. 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