How to run a simple ruby script in any web server (Apache or Mongrel or any thing else)

Question

It seems very funny to me that when I search something related ruby, all ruby on rails related results popped up. So nobody using raw ruby anymore?

However, I am new to

Answer 1

You could configure Apache (for example) to run .rb files as CGI scripts, and then add a shebang line (#!/path/to/your/ruby or maybe #!/usr/bin/env ruby) at the top of the script. It's not optimal, though, as it'd start a new interpreter for each request.