how to create portable rails app?

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Hi, i have a rails app which is done with instant rails, now i need to take the app to other computer and use it without migrating , that is plug and play use of that application, can anyone help with that??? plz!

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Rails applications are portable. You just need to copy your application's directory. Of course you will need your server already set up for that. If you could describe your environment to us, will be much easier to help you. With this information is impossible to address the best solution for your problem.

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Leonardo Mateo wrote:

Hi, i have a rails app which is done with instant rails, now i need to take the app to other computer and use it without migrating , that is plug and play use of that application, can anyone help with that??? plz!

Rails applications are portable. You just need to copy your application's directory. Of course you will need your server already set up for that. If you could describe your environment to us, will be much easier to help you. With this information is impossible to address the best solution for your problem.

thanks for responding,

iam using mongrel server mysql database ya rails application is portable, but i wanted to make the rails application to be plug and play, dat means a person who dont know about rails can use dat.

thanks in advance

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Leonardo Mateo wrote:

Hi, i have a rails app which is done with instant rails, now i need to take the app to other computer and use it without migrating , that is plug and play use of that application, can anyone help with that??? plz!

Rails applications are portable. You just need to copy your application's directory. Of course you will need your server already set up for that. If you could describe your environment to us, will be much easier to help you. With this information is impossible to address the best solution for your problem.

thanks for responding,

iam using mongrel server mysql database

What will be your deployment environment?

ya rails application is portable, but i wanted to make the rails application to be plug and play, dat means a person who dont know about rails can use dat.

Could you be more specific? What is a person that don't know rails? A sysadmin? An end user? A developer? Define "use" for that person. Define "plug and play" for an application. Is it refered to the deployment? to the user?

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Ralu rm wrote:

Leonardo Mateo wrote:

Hi,
i have a rails app which is done with instant rails, now i need to take
the app to  other computer and use it without migrating , that is plug
and play use of that application, can anyone help with that??? plz!

Rails applications are portable. You just need to copy your
application's directory.
Of course you will need your server already set up for that.
If you could describe your environment to us, will be much easier to help you.
With this information is impossible to address the best solution for
your problem.


thanks for responding,
iam using mongrel server
mysql database
ya rails application is portable, but i wanted to make the rails application to be plug and play, dat means a person who dont know about rails can use dat.
thanks in advance

You can just zip up the InstantRails directory and move it over to the other computer (assuming you are talking of another windows computer). The database and all of the rails support software including ruby and gems and your application are all contained in the InstantRails directory tree. It can just be copied over to another computer and it will run there the same as it does on your computer.

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