Serving static nanoc output with Unicorn instead of WEBrick for faster development.

config.ru

require 'rack/rewrite'
use Rack::Rewrite do
  rewrite %r{/projects/(\w+)/}, '/projects/$1/index.html'
end

use Rack::Static,
  :urls => [
    '/fonts',
    '/images',
    '/projects',
    '/javascripts',
    '/stylesheets',
    '/index.html'
  ],
  :root => 'output'

run lambda { |env|
  [
    200,
    {
      'Content-Type'  => 'text/html',
      'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=0'
    },
    File.open('output/index.html', File::RDONLY)
  ]
}

Gemfile

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'unicorn'
gem 'rack'
gem 'rack-rewrite'

Run unicorn in your project root instead of nanoc view.

hm.. nice idea. why do you need the rewrite middleware? it works for me with this silly config:

# match-all static server
use Rack::Static, :urls => [""], :root => 'output', :index => 'index.html'

# dummy proc, never executed
run lambda { |env| [ 200, {}, 'OK']}

thx for the idea!