Re: ANN: RailsAppHosting Now in Beta

Jim Jeffers
Sun, 24 Jul 2005 03:29:21 -0000

If you''re still looking for people.  I would be interested as
participating as a beta tester.
- Jim

On Jul 23, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Ben Myles wrote:


> Hi everyone,
>
> After much work, I''d like to announce the newest Rails hosting
> platform: RailsAppHosting.com. It''s a completely Rails-centric web
> host and it''s designed to make your life easier.
>
> Basic features:
>
> * 100% lighttpd / fastcgi
>
> * Custom control panel built with Rails, for Rails. Allows you to take
> your application online/offline, switch environments, view logs,
> manage svn users and enable/disable external MySQL access. More
> features to come soon too!
>
> * SVN is standard, and configured by default so that whenever you
> commit changes to the repository your application''s web-root is
> automatically updated instantly. You can define unlimited SVN users
> for each application.
>
> * Each application receives its own IP address and has SSL running by
> default (using a generic development SSL certificate).
>
> We''re not accepting paying customers yet, however we are looking
for
> people to participate in our beta program. In a nutshell, we''re
> offering free hosting for one Rails application throughout our beta
> phase until we launch. The launch date isn''t confirmed yet, but
we''ll
> guarantee at least one month of no-cost access. After that it''s up
to
> you whether you stay or leave. We primarily just want to work out
> whether there''s any problems that need fixing before our
full-scale
> launch.
>
> If you''re working on a free, open-source Rails app we''re
happy to set
> you up with a permanent free account for your project - just let us
> know what you''re working on.
>
> If you would like to participate, just go to
> http://www.railsapphosting.com , click ''Signup'' and
create an account
> for yourself (no billing details are needed). Once that''s done,
send
> us an email (support-iLQGymMgwYntzojHiQcNpEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org) and
we''ll add one free
> application to your account which you can then create using the
> control panel.
>
> I hope this didn''t sound like too much of an advertisement -
we''re
> quite excited and hope that we can help the Rails community in general
> by providing a hosting platform that has zero-configuration Rails
> support.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben Myles
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