[Solved] 500 Error Running Ruby Script

ktulx · November 24, 2013

Hi.

I'm trying to run a simple test script in Ruby, but can't figure out what's wrong. The files are 755 chmod.

I've tried

#!/usr/bin/ruby
header("text/html; charset=utf-8")
puts 'Hey!'

and a test.cgi

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'cgi'
cgi = CGI.new
puts cgi.header
puts "<html><body>Test</body></html>"

Do I miss something?

Thanks.

Byron · November 24, 2013

I've never used Ruby but I'll try to help you until another admin. comes along. Have you set up Ruby at your cpanel here?

Also try this as the shebang line:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

ktulx · November 24, 2013

Hi byron. Thanks for your help.

Right now I can't access my domain, it seems to be down. But I've tried the shebang line you suggested earlier, and it changes nothing.

What do you mean by "set up Ruby at your cpanel"? What kind of setup does it need?

ktulx · November 24, 2013

Got it to work

Seems like it was the "content-type" line. The following worked this time:

test.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby
puts "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n"
puts "Hello Ruby!"

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