I have a simple config.ru rack app where I only require and run rack-server-pages to provide dynamic pages in a quick and convenient way. This config.ru app is served by phusion passenger-standalone (which uses nginx internally).
.erb files are processed and served correctly, except when I explicitely add the .erb extension to a URL (for a .erb file). In that case the server will send me the .erb file for download, rather than its output. Obviously I would like to avoid that.
To make it clearer:
The file on the server is called somefile.erb
this works:
www.domain.com/somefile
this sends the .erb file for download ☹:
www.domain.com/somefile.erb
How can I fix this? Is this a problem I should manage at the application level (rack-server-pages), or at the web server level (nginx configuration) ? In both cases I would need some help...
Update 2: I think this rack-server-pages file could be relevant... but it's just a wild guess and I wouldn't know what to change in it..
Update 1: Pasting passenger-standalone Nginx configuration file. Passenger-standalone uses Nginx internally, but with different settings than the system-wide Nginx at /etc/nginx/nginx.conf. The default settings for a passenger-standalone Nginx are regenerated at each passenger-standalone run based on the file at /usr/share/passenger/templates/standalone/config.erb. Following is that file:
##############################################################
# Phusion Passenger Standalone uses a template file to
# generate an Nginx configuration file. The original template
# file can be found by running the following command:
#
# ls $(passenger-config about resourcesdir)/templates/standalone/config.erb
#
# You can create a copy of this template file and customize it
# to your liking. Just make sure you tell Phusion Passenger Standalone
# to use your template file by passing the --nginx-config-template
# parameter.
#
# *** NOTE ***
# If you customize the template file, make sure you keep an eye
# on the original template file and merge any changes.
# New Phusion Passenger features may require changes to the template
# file.
##############################################################
master_process on;
worker_processes 1;
daemon on;
error_log '<%= @options[:log_file] %>' <% if @options[:log_level] >= LVL_DEBUG %>info<% end %>;
pid '<%= @options[:pid_file] %>';
<% if Process.euid == 0 %>
<% if @options[:user] %>
<%# Run workers as the given user. The master process will always run as root and will be able to bind to any port. %>
user <%= @options[:user] %> <%= default_group_for(@options[:user]) %>;
<% else %>
<%# Prevent running Nginx workers as nobody. %>
user <%= current_user %> <%= default_group_for(current_user) %>;
<% end %>
<% end %>
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
log_format debug '[$time_local] $msec "$request" $status conn=$connection sent=$bytes_sent body_sent=$body_bytes_sent';
include '<%= PhusionPassenger.resources_dir %>/mime.types';
<% if @options[:ruby] %>
passenger_ruby <%= @options[:ruby] %>;
<% else %>
passenger_ruby <%= PlatformInfo.ruby_command %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:nodejs] %>
passenger_nodejs <%= @options[:nodejs] %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:python] %>
passenger_python <%= @options[:python] %>;
<% end %>
passenger_root '<%= PhusionPassenger.install_spec %>';
passenger_abort_on_startup_error on;
passenger_ctl cleanup_pidfiles <%= serialize_strset("#{@working_dir}/temp_dir_toucher.pid") %>;
passenger_ctl integration_mode standalone;
passenger_ctl standalone_engine nginx;
passenger_user_switching off;
<%= nginx_option :passenger_log_level, :log_level %>
<%= nginx_option :passenger_max_pool_size, :max_pool_size %>
<%= nginx_option :passenger_min_instances, :min_instances %>
<%= nginx_option :passenger_pool_idle_time, :pool_idle_time %>
<%= nginx_option :passenger_max_preloader_idle_time, :max_preloader_idle_time %>
<%= nginx_option :passenger_turbocaching, :turbocaching %>
<% if @options[:user] %>
passenger_user <%= @options[:user] %>;
passenger_default_user <%= @options[:user] %>;
passenger_analytics_log_user <%= @options[:user] %>;
<% else %>
passenger_user <%= current_user %>;
passenger_default_user <%= current_user %>;
passenger_analytics_log_user <%= current_user %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:instance_registry_dir] %>passenger_instance_registry_dir '<%= @options[:instance_registry_dir] %>';<% end %>
<% if @options[:data_buffer_dir] %>passenger_data_buffer_dir '<%= @options[:data_buffer_dir] %>';<% end %>
<% if @options[:rolling_restarts] %>passenger_rolling_restarts on;<% end %>
<% if @options[:resist_deployment_errors] %>passenger_resist_deployment_errors on;<% end %>
<% if !@options[:load_shell_envvars] %>passenger_load_shell_envvars off;<% end %>
<% if !@options[:friendly_error_pages].nil? -%>
passenger_friendly_error_pages <%= boolean_config_value(@options[:friendly_error_pages]) %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:union_station_gateway_address] %>
union_station_gateway_address <%= @options[:union_station_gateway_address] %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:union_station_gateway_port] %>
union_station_gateway_port <%= @options[:union_station_gateway_port] %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:union_station_gateway_cert] %>
union_station_gateway_cert -;
<% end %>
<% @options[:ctls].each do |ctl| %>
passenger_ctl '<%= ctl.split("=", 2)[0] %>' '<%= ctl.split("=", 2)[1] %>';
<% end %>
default_type application/octet-stream;
types_hash_max_size 2048;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
client_max_body_size 1024m;
access_log off;
keepalive_timeout 60;
underscores_in_headers on;
gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 3;
gzip_min_length 150;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_types text/plain text/css text/json text/javascript
application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json
application/rss+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf
application/xml font/opentype image/svg+xml text/xml;
<% if @app_finder.multi_mode? %>
# Default server entry for mass deployment mode.
server {
<% if @options[:ssl] %>
<% if @options[:ssl_port] %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address %>;
listen <%= nginx_listen_address_with_ssl_port %> ssl;
<% else %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address %> ssl;
<% end %>
<% else %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address %>;
<% end %>
root '<%= PhusionPassenger.resources_dir %>/standalone_default_root';
}
<% end %>
<% for app in @apps %>
server {
<% if app[:ssl] %>
<% if app[:ssl_port] %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address(app) %>;
listen <%= nginx_listen_address_with_ssl_port(app) %> ssl;
<% else %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address(app) %> ssl;
<% end %>
<% else %>
listen <%= nginx_listen_address(app) %>;
<% end %>
server_name <%= app[:server_names].join(' ') %>;
<% if app[:static_files_dir] %>
root '<%= app[:static_files_dir] %>';
<% else %>
root '<%= app[:root] %>/public';
<% end %>
passenger_app_root '<%= app[:root] %>';
passenger_enabled on;
passenger_app_env <%= app[:environment] %>;
passenger_spawn_method <%= app[:spawn_method] %>;
<% if app[:app_type] %>passenger_app_type <%= app[:app_type] %>;<% end %>
<% if app[:startup_file] %>passenger_startup_file <%= app[:startup_file] %>;<% end %>
<% if app[:concurrency_model] && app[:concurrency_model] != DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY_MODEL %>passenger_concurrency_model <%= app[:concurrency_model] %>;<% end %>
<% if app[:thread_count] && app[:thread_count] != DEFAULT_APP_THREAD_COUNT %>passenger_thread_count <%= app[:thread_count] %>;<% end %>
<% if app[:min_instances] %>passenger_min_instances <%= app[:min_instances] %>;<% end %>
<% if app[:restart_dir] %>passenger_restart_dir '<%= app[:restart_dir] %>';<% end %>
<% if app[:sticky_sessions] %>passenger_sticky_sessions on;<% end %>
<% if app[:sticky_sessions_cookie_name] %>passenger_sticky_sessions_cookie_name '<%= app[:sticky_sessions_cookie_name] %>';<% end %>
<% if app[:vary_turbocache_by_cookie] %>passenger_vary_turbocache_by_cookie '<%= app[:vary_turbocache_by_cookie] %>';<% end %>
<% if app[:union_station_key] %>
union_station_support on;
union_station_key <%= app[:union_station_key] %>;
<% end %>
<% if app[:ssl] %>
ssl_certificate <%= app[:ssl_certificate] %>;
ssl_certificate_key <%= app[:ssl_certificate_key] %>;
<% end %>
<% if @options[:meteor_app_settings] %>
passenger_meteor_app_settings <%= @options[:meteor_app_settings] %>;
<% end %>
<% app[:envvars].each_pair do |name, value| %>
passenger_env_var '<%= name %>' '<%= value %>';
<% end %>
# Rails asset pipeline support.
location ~ "^/assets/.+-([0-9a-f]{32}|[0-9a-f]{64})\..+" {
error_page 490 = @static_asset;
error_page 491 = @dynamic_request;
recursive_error_pages on;
if (-f $request_filename) {
return 490;
}
if (!-f $request_filename) {
return 491;
}
}
location @static_asset {
gzip_static on;
expires max;
add_header Cache-Control public;
add_header ETag "";
}
location @dynamic_request {
passenger_enabled on;
}
}
passenger_pre_start <%= listen_url(app) %>;
<% end %>