Using gem with nginx and unix socket

[maxvipon]

Is there a way to somehow configure gem and use It with unix socket instead 0.0.0.0:5678 and nginx as proxy?

[bobthecow]

Yes. Not just one, but many ways :)

One example, using Thin:

Add this Gemfile to a project folder:

source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'genghisapp'
gem 'thin'

And this config.ru:

require 'genghis'
run Genghis::Server

Run bundle install to install all dependencies.

You'll start Genghis like this:

bundle exec thin start -R config.ru --socket /tmp/genghis.sock

How exactly you start and keep Genghis running depends very much on your system, but you might use monit or god or some init.d script or something.

Now point Nginx to /tmp/genghis.sock and you're set!