Scenario: At least two different OpenProject based sites with different branding served from one server. How to do it in practice? Is there an existing guide/post to mention as a reference?

Here is how I now have done it and it seems to work but I’m wondering is this is the best or right way:

Instance1

• server: a
• SQL: on server a, database: instance1
• user: example_a
• OpenProject version 6.1.3
• SECRET_KEY_BASE on apache envvar, e.g. “qwerty”

Instance2

• server: a
• SQL: on server a, database: instance2
• user: example_b
• OpenProject version 6.1.4
• SECRET_KEY_BASE on apache envvar, e.g. “qwerty”

My biggest challenge or concern comers from Passenger. As a result of following Manuals Install guide for the two instances at a slightly different times, Instance1 now has version 5.0.30 and Instance2 has 5.1.2. From what I understood there can be only one passenger_module on Apache server configuration and I’m using 5.1.2. now. I have separate .conf files for both sites on sites-available folder and both have the following Passenger setup on their corresponding virtualhost entries:
Instance1:

   <IfModule mod_passenger.c>
     PassengerRoot /home/*example_a*/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/passenger-5.0.30
     PassengerDefaultRuby /home/*example_a*/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0/bin/ruby
   </IfModule>

Instance2:

   <IfModule mod_passenger.c>
     PassengerRoot /home/*example_b*/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.3.0/gems/passenger-5.1.2
     PassengerDefaultRuby /home/*example_b*/.rbenv/versions/2.3.0/bin/ruby
   </IfModule>

Now logging in as example_a and running passenger-status looks like this:

Version : 5.0.30
Date    : 2017-03-13 23:21:46 +0200
Instance: "code-hidden-from-here" (Apache/2.4.10 (Ubuntu) Phusion_Passenger/5.1.2)

So a slight conflict with versions here, I assume the status command is executed by the local passenger 5.0.30 version found on example_a’s PATH, but the actual passenger instance is running from example_b’s folder. This makes sense as 5.1.2 is loaded by Apache. My biggest concern is however the “Application groups” section of that command as it mentions only the application/folder for Instance1 and nothing for Instance2.

If I log in as example_b and run passenger-status I receive an error saying “Phusion Passenger doesn’t seem to be running.” Still both sites are up and I can open their main pages on browser.

Any proposals for corrections? I could think of few things to test, but I though someone maybe has already done this kind of setup before and could guide me. My next steps for investigation:

• setting PATH to refer to 5.1.2. version for user example_a as well
• checking how authorizations might affect this, although both folders are changed to “chmod o+x ”/home/openproject" as on Manual install guide
• installing Passenger form apt package and using that as the server’s default passenger instead of these gem installed OpenProject folder specific versions