Rails - Feb 2010 - simpler alternative to Capistrano for single instance deployments?

Hi,

Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps than
Capistrano that is popular?

For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s where my source
code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path on this server
type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing something along the
lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...

Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out there
(with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for me).

thanks

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Moonshine takes Capistrano and makes it insanely easy, if you are
running on an Ubuntu VPS or dedicated server (think Slicehost or
similar).

I gave a talk recently at SD Ruby that is a good overview of what it
does:
http://jarinheit.com/a-talk-i-gave-at-sd-ruby-deploying-rails-apps

Jarin Udom
Robot Mode LLC

On Feb 15, 4:06 pm, greghauptmann
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wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps than
> Capistrano that is popular?
>
> For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s where my
source
> code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path on this
server
> type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing something along
the
> lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...
>
> Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out there
> (with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for me).
>
> thanks
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By the way, forgot to mention that the real strength of Moonshine for
simple setups is that the default configuration works amazingly well.
You can go from a bare Ubuntu server with only ssh to a fully-running
Rails app in around 10 minutes with maybe 5 lines of configuration.

Jarin

On Feb 15, 4:06 pm, greghauptmann
<greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps than
> Capistrano that is popular?
>
> For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s where my
source
> code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path on this
server
> type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing something along
the
> lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...
>
> Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out there
> (with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for me).
>
> thanks
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greghauptmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps than
> Capistrano that is popular?
Capistrano is quite simple.
> 
> For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s where my
source
> code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path on this
server
> type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing something along
the
> lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...
You are pretty closely describing Capistrano.  Learn to use it.
> 
> Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out there
> (with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for me).
It''s not overkill.  You don''t have to use the config options
that don''t
apply to you.
> 
> thanks
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Jarin - noting it has Capistrano under the bonnet what does Moonshine
add exactly?  When/why would you use Moonshine (with Cap) over just
Capistrano by itself?
thanks
Greg

On Feb 16, 12:29 pm, Jarin Udom
<ja...-vTN78maM9PiELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> By the way, forgot to mention that the real strength of Moonshine for
> simple setups is that the default configuration works amazingly well.
> You can go from a bare Ubuntu server with only ssh to a fully-running
> Rails app in around 10 minutes with maybe 5 lines of configuration.
>
> Jarin
>
> On Feb 15, 4:06 pm, greghauptmann
<greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps than
> > Capistrano that is popular?
>
> > For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s where my
source
> > code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path on
this server
> > type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing something
along the
> > lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...
>
> > Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out there
> > (with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for me).
>
> > thanks
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Greg,

Capistrano manages the actual process of deployment. Moonshine manages
ruby, apache, your database, iptables, god, cron, sphinx, gems,
memchached, and just about everything else on your system, and it
keeps your entire system config in version control. It plays nice with
multiple rails apps on the same server, and it makes it easy to manage
multiserver deployments (with separate database servers, app servers,
etc). It handles anything that puppet does.

You rarely (if ever) have to actually ssh in to the server, and it''s
basically a one stop bulletproof way to handle server provisioning and
deployment.

Jarin

P.S. Chef is another good alternative to Moonshine (as is just
deploying to Heroku), but Chef is much more complex in its
configuration and Heroku is awesome and simple beyond belief but it
does have several limitations compared to a bare VPS box or dedicated
server.

On Feb 15, 6:45 pm, greghauptmann
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wrote:
> Jarin - noting it has Capistrano under the bonnet what does Moonshine
> add exactly?  When/why would you use Moonshine (with Cap) over just
> Capistrano by itself?
> thanks
> Greg
>
> On Feb 16, 12:29 pm, Jarin Udom
<ja...-vTN78maM9PiELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > By the way, forgot to mention that the real strength of Moonshine for
> > simple setups is that the default configuration works amazingly well.
> > You can go from a bare Ubuntu server with only ssh to a fully-running
> > Rails app in around 10 minutes with maybe 5 lines of configuration.
>
> > Jarin
>
> > On Feb 15, 4:06 pm, greghauptmann
<greg.hauptm...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Just wondering if there is simpler deployment tool for Rails apps
than
> > > Capistrano that is popular?
>
> > > For simple single server hosted deployments, here''s
where my source
> > > code is, don''t include these files, deploy to this path
on this server
> > > type thing. To some extent I guess I''m describing
something along the
> > > lines of a Ruby FTP script with some smarts perhaps...
>
> > > Or is Capistrano really the only popular well known tool out
there
> > > (with all it''s config it just seems a bit overkill for
me).
>
> > > thanks
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