You're probably not the target audience. It's meant to ease deployment so it's more like PHP in a LAMP setup. In the author's words (http://www.modrails.com h

You're probably not the target audience. It's meant to ease deployment so it's more like PHP in a LAMP setup. In the author's words (http://www.modrails.com http://www.modrails.com), here are the main features: - Deployment is only a matter of uploading application files. No Ruby on Rails-specific server configuration required! - Built on the industry standard Apache web server. - Allows Ruby on Rails applications to use about 33% less memory, when used in combination with Ruby Enterprise Edition (optional). - Zero maintenance. No port management, server process monitoring or stale file cleanup required. Errors are automatically recovered whenever possible. - Designed for performance, stability and security. Passenger should never crash Apache even in case of crashing Rails applications. - Well-documented, for both system administrators and developers!