Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could recommend a webhost that has gone the
extra mile to make deploying Rails apps braindead simple for non-geeks?
It’s been a while since I’ve deployed a Rails app on a shared host.
A few ideal criteria:
- Not too expensive, though a bit more than a basic PHP host would be OK
- Many web-based control panels (i.e. to create databases, etc) - I know
most come with these but some are easier to use than others.
Any tips?
I’m thinking of the average non-techie, who would feel comfortable
installing WordPress, for example.
I.e. steps to install WordPress
- Create a database via a web-based control panel
- Upload the WordPress zip files to the server
- Visit your website’s URL in your browser, Click the Install Link
… profit! =)
I’d like to help a few non-techie friends deploy some Rails apps but I’m
afraid as soon as I mention mongrel clusters, FCGIs, proxying to port
3001, making sure they have the right gem dependencies, etc, etc their
eyes will glaze over =) Reminds me of:
I think adding a “rake db:migrate” step wouldn’t be too off putting…
has anyone hooked that up so it can be done web-based? (seems possible
but I haven’t thought through the implications too much. obviously
you’d want to lock it down once the first migration was run)
Shanti B.
http://onwebapps.com/
Hi Shanti,
Shanti B. wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could recommend
a webhost that has gone the extra mile to make
deploying Rails apps braindead simple for
non-geeks?
I’ve been using a2hosting and have been very happy with their setup and
support. I haven’t used any other service for Rails so I can’t compare
my
experience with them to any other provider’s service.
A few ideal criteria:
- Not too expensive, though a bit more than a
basic PHP host would be OK
I started with their month-to-month to try them out without a long-term
comittment. That’s $9.95/mo. The price drops from there, depending on
the
length-of-contract.
- Many web-based control panels (i.e. to create
databases, etc)
Rails is already installed. Their control panel includes phpMyAdmin
which
is what I used to create the database and run scripts to set up the
tables.
I had to enter a support ticket to have them put up Mongrel. Took less
than
4 hrs. in my case to get the all-clear and the instructions to start /
stop
mongrel. Overall, I’ve found their support very good.
They require PuTTY or equivalent to access your site for general stuff
like
creating your rails app structure. Their cpanel includes a file manager
which I find handy from time to time for small file mods. Mostly I use
Filezilla for FTPing the app files.
Overall, I’d recommend them for the non-geek audience you asked about.
I’d
been out of hands-on development for 15 years when I discovered Rails
and
decided to get back in. I started with Instant Rails because that’s
what I
could handle. I’ve learned a lot over the past year or so about Ruby
and
Rails, but I still don’t know Jack about setting up web servers,
databases,
etc… Anyway, their offering has worked for me.
hth,
Bill
Hello Shanti,
I work at SpeedyRails, a hosting provider fully focused on Ruby on
Rails. Our service is fully managed, we do all the hard work for
you… if you need to host WordPress just request it and we will
install it for you :). We have very simple to use control panel mainly
designed to help our customers to deploy their sites with
capistrano… it’s as easy as clicking a button to deploy your
application if you already have the application in the SVN repository
we create for each account.
My apologies for the “shameless” publicity, but I really don’t know
details of other providers. If you are interested take a look at
Best regards
-Maykel
Maykel,
… it’s as easy as clicking a button to deploy your
application if you already have the application in the SVN repository
we create for each account.
Brilliant! Just what I am looking for.
My apologies for the “shameless” publicity, but I really don’t know
details of other providers. If you are interested take a look at
www.speedyrails.com
No problemo, was hoping a vendor or two would chime in plugging their
solution.
Cheers,
[email protected] wrote:
Hello Shanti,
I work at SpeedyRails, a hosting provider fully focused on Ruby on
Rails. Our service is fully managed, we do all the hard work for
you… if you need to host WordPress just request it and we will
install it for you :). We have very simple to use control panel mainly
designed to help our customers to deploy their sites with
capistrano… it’s as easy as clicking a button to deploy your
application if you already have the application in the SVN repository
we create for each account.
My apologies for the “shameless” publicity, but I really don’t know
details of other providers. If you are interested take a look at
www.speedyrails.com
Best regards
-Maykel