Use public directory from external server

Question

My Ruby on Rails 3.2 application uses the public directory in the projects directory. A normal situation. I would like to access a public directory in another server used by another Ruby on Rails 3.2 application since the files I want are the same.

So my app's public directory currently used: server_ip/opt/RoR/foo/public

Other app's public directory with files: server_ip/opt/RoR/foo/public

I know the files themselves are public, but my application needs to have normal permissions to sub-directories in the public directory.

Not sure if this helps but the application with the public directory I want to share uses Nginx. The application I want to give access to uses Apache2.

Any resources or ideas appreciated. Thank you

Answer 1

If accessing files is your prime need then you can go with current working directory then go ahead with your required files.

 Dir.pwd.concat("/public/your_file_path")

Next, if your 2 apps running on same machine then they can be differentiated with 2 different ports.(3000 & 3001) want to access App(running on 3001) then make localh:30001/required_file_path.