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passenger: Passenger module

Installation

You can install this module in any RHEL-based distribution, including, but not limited to:

  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9
  • CentOS 7, 8, 9
  • AlmaLinux 8, 9
  • Rocky Linux 8, 9
  • Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023
yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm 
yum -y install nginx-module-passenger

dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm 
dnf -y install nginx-module-passenger

Enable the module by adding the following at the top of /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:

load_module modules/ngx_http_passenger_module.so;

This document describes nginx-module-passenger v6.0.23 released on Jul 29 2024.

Gem Version

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Further reading

"Passenger" and "Phusion Passenger" are registered trademarks of Phusion Holding B.V.

GitHub

You may find additional configuration tips and documentation for this module in the GitHub repository for nginx-module-passenger.