Installing Thinking Sphinx on Openshift - Rails

Question

Openshift by Redhat seems to be a cool PaaS alternative to Heroku, but does anyone know if it is possible to install sphinx on Openshift so it can be used in a rails app with Thinking Sphinx? Any commments would be appreciated!

Answer 1

I don't know this is going to help or not.But on open-shift you can compile any source and install it to any prefix.Like $OPENSHIFT_RUNTIME_DIR. I think the best way to do this,Creating a DIY(Do it yourself) app and compile everything from sources, or creating a ruby app and install the gems you want,modify the environment as you want. This article may give you a idea about installing application from sources on open-shift. https://openshift.redhat.com/community/blogs/enabling-python-27-on-a-paas-with-the-openshift-diy-app-type