ANN: RailsAppHosting Now in Beta

Ben Myles
Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:37:28 -0000

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