# New version of TurnKey Rails appliance

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-of-turnkey-rails-appliance/162447>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-of-turnkey-rails-appliance/162447 "2009-03-10T01:53:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liraz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/db5fbb/32.png) [@Liraz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Liraz)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-of-turnkey-rails-appliance/162447/1 "2009-03-10T01:53:23Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am one of the developers for TurnKey Linux, an open source project  
which recently released a new version of our Ruby on Rails appliance:

[http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/rails](http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/rails)

In a nutshell, this is an extremely easy way to get Ruby on Rails up  
and  
running on your server or VM (VMware, VirtualBox, Xen, KVM) of choice  
in  
just a couple of minutes.

Ruby on Rails can be a dream to program in, but for some users,  
especially those lacking in technical proficiency it can be a bit  
difficult to set up. We’re trying to make that easier.

Changes include:

- Security: SSL support, crypto key regeneration during installation,  
set database password during installation.

- Usability: confconsole support for systems with multiple NICs,  
password-free login in demo mode, and added many generically useful  
Webmin modules.

- Bugfix in the daily auto-updates mechanism.

- Rebuilt on top of TurnKey Core, the new common base for all software  
appliances, which is assembled from Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS packages.

BTW, this was part of a wider release including 12 other new appliance  
images:

[http://www.turnkeylinux.org/news](http://www.turnkeylinux.org/news)

Cheers,  
Liraz