# Setup a Rails machine with Capistrano and Ubuntu

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**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setup-a-rails-machine-with-capistrano-and-ubuntu/157188 "2009-01-08T09:45:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setup-a-rails-machine-with-capistrano-and-ubuntu/157188/1 "2009-01-08T09:45:37Z")

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Ubuntu Machine is a set of Open Source Capistrano recipes - packaged  
as a gem - that allows you to automate the setup of a machine running  
Ubuntu Server 8.0.4.  
Those recipes allows you to easily install/setup : SSH, iptables,  
MySQL, Apache, PHP, Ruby (+ Ruby Enterprise Edition), Rails, Phusion  
Passenger, and Git.

Ubuntu Machine is released as an Open Source project.

The project announcement :  
[http://suitmymind.com/2009/01/07/ubuntu-machine-released/](http://suitmymind.com/2009/01/07/ubuntu-machine-released/)

The Ubuntu Machine page on GitHub (documentation, screencasts) :  
[http://suitmymind.github.com/ubuntu-machine/](http://suitmymind.github.com/ubuntu-machine/)

The source code on GitHub :

> **[GitHub - tbalthazar-archives/ubuntu-machine: - no longer maintained - These...](https://github.com/tbalthazar-archives/ubuntu-machine)**
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> \- no longer maintained - These Capistrano recipes allow you to setup a machine running Ubuntu Server 8.0.4 or 8.1. They will install/setup : SSH, iptables, MySQL, Apache, PHP, Ruby (+ Ruby Enterpri...

The bug tracker :  
[http://suitmymind.lighthouseapp.com/projects/22483-ubuntu-machine/overview](http://suitmymind.lighthouseapp.com/projects/22483-ubuntu-machine/overview)

The mailing-list :  
[http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-machine](http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-machine)

Follow the updates on Twitter  
[http://twitter.com/suitmymind](http://twitter.com/suitmymind)

It has been tested on a Slicehost slice, and on an OVH RPS.

You can watch the screencast here :  
[http://suitmymind.github.com/ubuntu-machine/#screencast](http://suitmymind.github.com/ubuntu-machine/#screencast)

I’ll be glad to hear your feedback mailing-list :  
[http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-machine](http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntu-machine)

Cheers,  
Thomas B…