# Simple deployment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-deployment/92852>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 25, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-deployment/92852 "2007-04-25T01:33:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ernst_BeiglbSSSSck)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-deployment/92852/1 "2007-04-25T01:33:18Z")

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Hi,  
what is the simplest and most up-to-date method of deploying rails for  
a site with very few users? I definitely don’t need clustering. Should  
I use Lighttpd? If yes, can someone point me to a site describing the  
simplest configuration of Lighttpd?  
Or should I use something else like Mongrel? And what about  
Capistrano? I have no clue about that. Does it make sense to invest  
the time in learning Capistrano when you don’t ever need more than one  
application server?  
Thanks in advance!  
Lg  
Ernst from Austria

–  
wer viel lest ist viel gebildet.

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**Author:** ![Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ernst_BeiglbSSSSck)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-deployment/92852/2 "2007-04-25T01:57:24Z")

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IMHO, For one user, you could even just use Webrick.

Otherwise, it is very easy to use mongrel.

sudo gem install mongrel

then

mongrel\_rails start

As far as deployment, Capistrono makes it easy to depoy via ssh. But it  
should not replace learning how to deploy via ssh.

IMHO, Don’t mess with capistrano initially. Just deploy using ssh and  
subversion.

Good luck

Ernst Beiglböck wrote:

> Hi,  
> what is the simplest and most up-to-date method of deploying rails for  
> a site with very few users? I definitely don’t need clustering. Should  
> I use Lighttpd? If yes, can someone point me to a site describing the  
> simplest configuration of Lighttpd?  
> Or should I use something else like Mongrel? And what about  
> Capistrano? I have no clue about that. Does it make sense to invest  
> the time in learning Capistrano when you don’t ever need more than one  
> application server?  
> Thanks in advance!  
> Lg  
> Ernst from Austria
> 
> –  
> wer viel lest ist viel gebildet.

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**Author:** ![Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@Ernst\_BeiglbSSSSck](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ernst_BeiglbSSSSck)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-deployment/92852/3 "2007-04-25T08:45:42Z")

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Ok, thanks very much. So I take a look at mongrel (webrick’s too slow  
in my opinion) and try to deploy it via ssh.  
Thanks!  
Nice regards,  
ernst

On 4/25/07, Desert P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Ernst Beiglböck wrote:
> 
> > Lg

–  
wer viel lest ist viel gebildet.