Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to
host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to
host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the
tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I
expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has
been done. I don't expect anyone to research IPower, but in general,
what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure
at what step in the deployment process I am at.
Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my
existing website running RoR?
Thanks much!
Shupemeister,
My experience is that you are better off getting a virtual private
server and maintaining it yourself. I had a hosting company that
claimed to be RoR-able, and in a sense they were, but, it was a single
instance running against a very basic ruby installation. In my
experience Rails needs to be clustered to get any meaningful
performance. Also, these guys were great at support but obviously not
capable of the complexity that RoR requires.
Yeah, a VPS is definitely the way to go. But since you've already got
your server, you might as well give it a shot.
"RoR-capable" could just mean that they have Ruby installed.
As far as setting up your server. Exactly how much do they expect you
to do? Are you expected to configure Apache yourself? Here's a good
tutorial for that: Peak Obsession