Passenger 5.3.3: installer fixes Version 5.3.3 of the Passenger application server for Ruby, Node.js, Meteor and Python has been released. This release contains fixes for a bug in the installer scripts for the Nginx and Apache modules.
You can't trust your parents to protect you On Unix-like systems, setting sufficiently strict permissions on a dir allows one to disallow access to its content. Right? Turns out to be untrue on both macOS and Linux. Enter inodes trickery.
Passenger 5.3.2: various security fixes Passenger 5.3.2 released, fixing a file system access race condition as well as various SpawningKit exploits. We urge you to upgrade your version immediately.
How Dishwashers Ruin Ruby Apps Procrastination can get you into a lot of trouble, work just builds up until you have to spend all your time just catching up. It’s the same with web apps, if you just defer work until after sending the response you’ll s
Passenger 5.1.7: Enterprise usage reporting improvements Version 5.1.7 of the Passenger application server for Ruby, Node.js, Meteor and Python has been released. It features improved reliability and improved system CA path detection for enterprise usage data recording. As wel
Passenger 5.1.4: New Ubuntu, Fix for System Keychain Bug on macOS Version 5.1.4 of the Passenger application server for Ruby, Node.js, Meteor and Python has been released. Version 5.1.3 was skipped because of problems during the release process. Version 5.1.4 fixes an unfortunate side-
Sometimes it's the simple things in life I recently set up a system that needed Passenger's ability to pass on environment variables from the user's shell to their app. To my surprise I found that the variables were not set when my app ran. At first I suspected
Service announcement: solving macOS KeyChain issues caused by Passenger One of the major features introduced in Passenger 5.1 was the security update checker. This (optional) feature allows users to be notified in case there are any important Passenger-related security updates so that they c
Using SSL with Passenger in Development on macOS This blog post will show you how to create, install, and trust a self signed certificate on your development web server, and setup your DNS to redirect all your development traffic to your development box. Not on macOS?
Passenger 5.0.30: Installation fix, stability and speed improvements Version 5.0.30 of the Phusion Passenger application server for Ruby, Node.js, Meteor and Python has been released. We've fixed an issue that could prevent Passenger from installing, an issue where large uploads could cra
