Creating an all-in-one Windows installer for application deployment...?

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Hi All,

I'm in the process of deploying a rails application to Windows machines. In order to keep my sanity, I do all of my development with OS X and Linux, but the final app will actually run on Windows machines.

That said, my client is looking for an all-in-one Apache(I had to talk him out of IIS)+Rails+Application deployment/installer. He wants to hand all of his (Windows-based) clients an install CD for their respective servers (they all want their own setup).

Is there anything like this in existence? I realize Capistrano exists but that requires a great deal of setup on the hosts (especially for Windows) beforehand and it's not very feasible in this particular case.

In the past I've used InnoSetup (Inno Setup) for creating installers, but I'm not sure that's going to work in this case -- as I need to bundle multiple installers, then run some post- install items.

If you guys have any input, suggestions, or highly persuasive client techniques (to talk them all out of Windows =P) it would be most appreciated.

Best.

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Hi All,

I'm in the process of deploying a rails application to Windows machines. In order to keep my sanity, I do all of my development with OS X and Linux, but the final app will actually run on Windows machines.

That said, my client is looking for an all-in-one Apache(I had to talk him out of IIS)+Rails+Application deployment/installer. He wants to hand all of his (Windows-based) clients an install CD for their respective servers (they all want their own setup).

Is there anything like this in existence? I realize Capistrano exists but that requires a great deal of setup on the hosts (especially for Windows) beforehand and it's not very feasible in this particular case.

Have a look at InstantRails. This is an all in one setup with apache that provides the full rails environment (though not the latest unless it has been recently updated) and a couple of sample apps. In fact I think it is not even an installer, just put it in a folder and it works. You may be able to build on this for your requirements.

Colin