This is a follow-up post the previous articles I wrote on installing Ruby on Rails for Ubuntu Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft. This time around, I've moved away from Lighttpd and am deploying using Mongrel and Nginx. Why? I had a ton of problems with Lighttpd, from unexpected crashes to unexpected behavior. I learned an important lesson which I'll share: When possible, develop and deploy using the same tools. Because Mongrel is so great, we can do just that. So let's get started!
