Rails and SWFUpload See http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2009/10/21/rails-2-3-4-and-swfupload-rack-middleware-for-flash-uploads-that-degrade-gracefully/ for details Just make sure you have the required gems, run the database migration, and start the server. @rake gems:install @rake db:migrate @script/server