Rails - May 2006 - question about creating rails app and FTP

Hello,
I have a simple question about creating rails applications.

I am signing up with dreamhost so that i can put my rails apps on the 
web (after giving up on trying to make my current VPS Plesk hosting work 
with rails).

My main question is:
when creating a new rails app, can i create it using the rails command 
on my computer and then upload the entire directory structure to my 
domain account on dreamhost?  I guess i''m making sure that i dont have 
to *create the app using ssh to dreamhost and i can do it all locally 
and then just FTP it up.

I know this seems basic but i am new as you can tell.

Thanks,

Nate

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Nate,

Based on my experience with Dreamhost, you should still use the rails
command then upload only selected portions of the directory from your
local machine.  There are things in the Dreamhost directory structure
that should not be overwritten, like the dispatch.fcgi, etc.  I usually
upload the entire app dir, db dir, and everything in public aside from
diaptch.*.  Hope that helps.

Nathan 

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Subject: [Rails] question about creating rails app and FTP

Hello,
I have a simple question about creating rails applications.

I am signing up with dreamhost so that i can put my rails apps on the
web (after giving up on trying to make my current VPS Plesk hosting work
with rails).

My main question is:
when creating a new rails app, can i create it using the rails command
on my computer and then upload the entire directory structure to my
domain account on dreamhost?  I guess i''m making sure that i dont have
to *create the app using ssh to dreamhost and i can do it all locally
and then just FTP it up.

I know this seems basic but i am new as you can tell.

Thanks,

Nate

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Nathan Leach wrote:
> Nate,
> 
> Based on my experience with Dreamhost, you should still use the rails
> command then upload only selected portions of the directory from your
> local machine. 
> 
> Nathan
Nathan,
So i would run the rails command through ssh on the dreamhost machine 
AND run the rails command on my computer; but then upload my files in 
those three directories when they change?  What about the generage 
script for models and controllers?  I''m assuming that when those get
ran
they dont make any changes to the dispatch files, right?  so i should 
just be able to upload the app directory when i create a new model or 
controller on my machine without running the generate script on the 
dreamhost machine?

I''m sorry if this sounds too detailed, i just want to be sure.

Thanks again for the reply!

Nate

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Nate,

Here''s what I do, but you will have to test it out to see if it works
for you...

1.  Run "rails foo" on my machine, and develop my app
2.  Run "rails foo" on Dreamhost via SSH, then update config files
manually (database.yml, environment.rb, etc.)
3.  FTP directories "app", "db", and "public"
excluding dispatch.* files
4.  Migrate database on Dreamhost
5.  Enjoy new hosted app ;-) 

Let me know if that works or if you have questions.

Nathan

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Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 4:24 PM
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Subject: [Rails] Re: RE: question about creating rails app and FTP

Nathan Leach wrote:
> Nate,
> 
> Based on my experience with Dreamhost, you should still use the rails 
> command then upload only selected portions of the directory from your 
> local machine.
> 
> Nathan
Nathan,
So i would run the rails command through ssh on the dreamhost machine
AND run the rails command on my computer; but then upload my files in
those three directories when they change?  What about the generage
script for models and controllers?  I''m assuming that when those get
ran
they dont make any changes to the dispatch files, right?  so i should
just be able to upload the app directory when i create a new model or
controller on my machine without running the generate script on the
dreamhost machine?

I''m sorry if this sounds too detailed, i just want to be sure.

Thanks again for the reply!

Nate

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Nathan Leach wrote:
> Nate,
> 
> Here''s what I do, but you will have to test it out to see if it
works
> for you...
> 
> 1.  Run "rails foo" on my machine, and develop my app
> 2.  Run "rails foo" on Dreamhost via SSH, then update config
files
> manually (database.yml, environment.rb, etc.)
> 3.  FTP directories "app", "db", and "public"
excluding dispatch.* files
> 4.  Migrate database on Dreamhost
> 5.  Enjoy new hosted app ;-)
> 
> Let me know if that works or if you have questions.
> 
> Nathan
Perfect, that''s exactly what i was looking for!

Thanks again,

Nate

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