Phusion Passenger Open Source

Installation

  1. Check the Technical Specifications page to verify that the module is supported by your operating system.

  2. Install the Phusion Passenger Open Source module package nginx-plus-module-passenger.

    For Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Oracle Linux, and RHEL:

    sudo yum update && \
    sudo yum install nginx-plus-module-passenger

    For Amazon Linux 2023, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux:

    sudo dnf update && \
    sudo dnf install nginx-plus-module-passenger

    For Debian and Ubuntu:

    sudo apt update && \
    sudo apt install nginx-plus-module-passenger

    For SLES:

    sudo zypper refresh && \
    sudo zypper install nginx-plus-module-passenger

    For Alpine:

    apk add nginx-plus-module-passenger

    For FreeBSD:

    sudo pkg update && \
    sudo pkg install nginx-plus-module-passenger

Configuration

After installation you will need to enable and configure the module in F5 NGINX Plus configuration file nginx.conf.

  1. Enable dynamic loading of the module with the load_module directive specified in the top-level (“main”) context:

    load_module modules/ngx_http_passenger_module.so;
    
    http {
        # ...
    }
  2. Perform additional configuration as required by the module.

  3. Test the NGINX Plus configuration. In a terminal, type-in the command:

    nginx -t

    Expected output of the command:

    nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
    nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf is successful
  4. Reload the NGINX Plus configuration to enable the module:

    nginx -s reload

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