# BlueHost and Ruby Deployment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluehost-and-ruby-deployment/124549>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 30, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluehost-and-ruby-deployment/124549 "2007-12-30T03:25:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![pkRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pkRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pkRuby)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluehost-and-ruby-deployment/124549/1 "2007-12-30T03:25:38Z")

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Hi all,

I just recently started with Ruby on Rails, got to say it’s pretty  
impressive… I have written a small application that I would like to  
test now on a shared server. Since I have never done that before a  
little puzzled about the way it would have to be setup.

1- I have a BlueHost account  
2- In the home directory Ruby and Rails folders both exist  
3- Not sure where to drop my application for it to work properly

If anyone can help out would really appreciate it…

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**Author:** ![pkRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pkRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pkRuby)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bluehost-and-ruby-deployment/124549/2 "2007-12-31T18:17:09Z")

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On 12/29/07, pkRuby [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> 3- Not sure where to drop my application for it to work properly
> 
> If anyone can help out would really appreciate it…

I don’t use BlueHost but it their docs say to mkdir ~/rails and put  
your app in there:

[http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?x=&mod\_id=2&id=232](http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&id=232)

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)