Rails - Jun 2009 - Creating an all-in-one Windows installer for application deployment...?

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 (http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php)
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.

2009/6/19 gberz3
<gberz3-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
>
> 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
>
> In the past I''ve used InnoSetup
(http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php)
> 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.
> >
>

Colin Law wrote:
> Have a look at InstantRails.  [...]
Yeah.  Other options (not that I''ve tried these):
* Slingshot
* Moonshine (different approach, but might be worth a look)
* Or just use JRuby and package the app as a Java application.  This is 
the way Mingle does it, and should be pretty much OS-agnostic.

Best,
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