Rails Hosting Questions

Okay I received my answer:

Reply was:

As previously stated, our images are bare bones installations and do not
come with many common applications such as Apache, MySQL and PHP
pre-installed.

I have attached a list of the installed packages on a default slice.

adduser install
apt install
apt-utils install
aptitude install
base-files install
base-passwd install
bash install
bsdutils install
busybox-initramfs install
bzip2 install
ca-certificates install
console-setup install
console-terminus install
coreutils install
cpio install
cron install
curl install
dash install
debconf install
debconf-i18n install
debianutils install
dhcp3-client install
dhcp3-common install
diff install
dmidecode install
dmsetup install
dpkg install
e2fslibs install
e2fsprogs install
eject install
file install
findutils install
gcc-4.3-base install
gnupg install
gpgv install
grep install
gzip install
hostname install
ifupdown install
initramfs-tools install
initscripts install
iproute install
iptables install
iputils-ping install
kbd install
klibc-utils install
klogd install
laptop-detect install
less install
libacl1 install
libatm1 install
libattr1 install
libblkid1 install
libbz2-1.0 install
libc6 install
libcap2 install
libclass-accessor-perl install
libcomerr2 install
libcurl3 install
libcurl3-gnutls install
libcwidget3 install
libdb4.6 install
libdb4.7 install
libdevmapper1.02.1 install
libedit2 install
libept0 install
libfribidi0 install
libgcc1 install
libgcrypt11 install
libgdbm3 install
libgnutls26 install
libgpg-error0 install
libgpm2 install
libidn11 install
libio-string-perl install
libkeyutils1 install
libklibc install
libkrb53 install
libldap-2.4-2 install
liblocale-gettext-perl install
liblockfile1 install
libmagic1 install
libncurses5 install
libncursesw5 install
libnewt0.52 install
libpam-modules install
libpam-runtime install
libpam0g install
libparse-debianchangelog-perl install
libpcre3 install
libpopt0 install
libpython2.6 install
libreadline5 install
libsasl2-2 install
libsasl2-modules install
libselinux1 install
libsepol1 install
libsigc+±2.0-0c2a install
libslang2 install
libsqlite3-0 install
libss2 install
libssl0.9.8 install
libstdc++6 install
libtasn1-3 install
libtext-charwidth-perl install
libtext-iconv-perl install
libtext-wrapi18n-perl install
libtimedate-perl install
libusb-0.1-4 install
libuuid1 install
libvolume-id1 install
libwrap0 install
libx11-6 install
libx11-data install
libxapian15 install
libxau6 install
libxcb1 install
libxdmcp6 install
libxext6 install
libxmuu1 install
locales install
lockfile-progs install
login install
logrotate install
lsb-base install
lsb-release install
lzma install
makedev install
mawk install
mime-support install
mktemp install
module-init-tools install
mount install
nano install
ncurses-base install
ncurses-bin install
net-tools install
netbase install
netcat install
netcat-traditional install
ntpdate install
openssh-client install
openssh-server deinstall
openssl install
passwd install
perl install
perl-base install
perl-modules install
procps install
python install
python-minimal install
python2.6 install
python2.6-minimal install
readline-common install
sed install
ssh install
startup-tasks install
sudo install
sysklogd install
system-services install
sysv-rc install
sysvinit-utils install
tar install
tasksel install
tasksel-data install
tcpd install
tzdata install
ubuntu-keyring install
ubuntu-minimal install
udev install
upstart install
upstart-compat-sysv install
upstart-logd install
util-linux install
vim install
vim-common install
vim-runtime install
vim-tiny install
wget install
whiptail install
x11-common install
xauth install
xkb-data install
zlib1g install

For clarification the bare bones applies to “all” slices but the list of
installed applies to ubuntu - which was what I was asking about…

Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

Not quite. SSH is there, and I seem to remember that Apache is as well.
I think Ruby is also, but I use Ruby EE for production hosting, which is
a relatively simple installation. I’ve never looked for PHP or mySQL,
since I don’t really use either one.

Marnen/Klochner:

Thanks for the feedback on this. I managed to get a full refund from
the hosting provider I went with and so now I can go with a VPS that is
managed with rails in mind.

I sent an email (awaiting a reply) from slicehost about what is
installed already on their slices. I need to have PHP and MySQL because
my old website was developed using both. I need to keep the initial
site up until I’m ready to port over the rails distro…

I noticed you said you use Ruby EE for production hosting. I’ve been
looking into this as it seems very interesting. Is Ruby EE difficult to
setup? And, if you use Ruby EE for production, what are you using for
development? Just curious…

Slicehost may be the way I will go…

Älphä Blüë wrote:
[…]

I noticed you said you use Ruby EE for production hosting. I’ve been
looking into this as it seems very interesting. Is Ruby EE difficult to
setup?

No. You may have to adjust a few symlinks, but that’s not hard and
there’s info on the Web about what exactly you need to do.

And, if you use Ruby EE for production, what are you using for
development?

The Ruby 1.8.6 interpreter that came with Mac OS X 10.5.

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

I am now a new member of Slicehost. Thanks everyone for assisting me
here.

In case anyone reads this thread - Slicehost measured up to all the hype
given it. It is fantastic. I got my slice yesterday evening and by the
next morning my complete site is up and running from start to finish.
It was not as difficult as I thought it would be.

Also, the admins have a chat room and I sat in the chat room and anytime
I encountered an issue or had a question they answered me immediately!
They are there 24/7!

Everything has gone as smooth as a baby’s bottom. I’m very happy and
excited.

I wanted to say thanks again for letting me know about the site.