How to install Ruby on a dedicated server

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Ruby on Rails is a very useful open-source framework, which will maximize the productivity of the web applications hosted on your Dedicated Server. You can easily install Ruby. We will take a look at a few possible installation guidelines for Ruby depending on the Control Panel environment you have chosen for your Dedicated Server. First, let us take a look at how to install Ruby on cPanel. You need a working yum configuration, cPanel version 11+ and SSH access to the Server. You can check whether Ruby is already installed by logging to the Server under SSH and issuing the following command:

Once you make sure that Ruby is not already installed, execute the following script to install Ruby:

After installing Ruby, you will need to make sure that the appropriate ports are opened for your cPanel users. By default, Ruby applications begin on port 12001. Ruby application port numbers are automatically incremented with each new Ruby application. This means the the first Ruby on Rails application created on your server will use port 12001, while the second Ruby on Rails application will use port 12002.

Most Linux distributions come with Ruby pre-installed. If you do not already have it, here is how to get it:

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