# Deploying on Debian, anyone?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [February 20, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720 "2008-02-20T22:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720/1 "2008-02-20T22:58:45Z")

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I’d like to start a Radiant site on a host that’s running Debian 3.1 and  
Apache.

I have a login and bash shell and am Linux savvy, but not so much with  
connecting Apache to Rails. Site traffic will be VERY low for some time,  
so any old thing (even WEBrick) will do, but a link to information on  
getting that to run automatically at startup (although the system has  
been  
up 111 days so far) would be most helpful.

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720/2 "2008-02-20T23:08:16Z")

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> I’d like to start a Radiant site on a host that’s running Debian 3.1 and  
> Apache.

The Google is my friend. Had I tried it a few moments ago, I might have  
found this:

Ruby on Rails on Debian  
[http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/329](http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/329)

I’d still like other experiences, though.

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720/3 "2008-02-21T06:46:35Z")

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Hey Chris

Slicehost have got a good selection of tutorials and wiki articles on  
setting up a rails hosting environment including Apache and Mongrel on  
Debian

[http://articles.slicehost.com/](http://articles.slicehost.com/)

You might also want to check out deprec for a more automated deployment,  
though it is geared toward Ubuntu

> **[deprec](http://deprec.org/)**
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> The deprec gem is a set of tasks for Capistrano that automates the installation, configuration and control of system services on servers running Ubuntu linux.

cheers

Dylan

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**Author:** ![yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@yetanothergeek](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/yetanothergeek)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deploying-on-debian-anyone/129720/4 "2008-02-21T09:47:49Z")

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I like this guide a lot:  
[http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/](http://blog.codahale.com/2006/06/19/time-for-a-grown-up-server-rails-mongrel-apache-capistrano-and-you/)

Sean has posted a Capistrano script for deploying Radiant that uses  
deprec here:  
[http://pastie.caboo.se/79171](http://pastie.caboo.se/79171)