Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has been done. I don''t expect anyone to research IPower, but in general, what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure at what step in the deployment process I am at. Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my existing website running RoR? Thanks much! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I would also like to point out that today is officially "Ask a Stupid Question Day". I will be taking advantage of the holiday. Shupemeister --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Shupemeister, My experience is that you are better off getting a virtual private server and maintaining it yourself. I had a hosting company that claimed to be RoR-able, and in a sense they were, but, it was a single instance running against a very basic ruby installation. In my experience Rails needs to be clustered to get any meaningful performance. Also, these guys were great at support but obviously not capable of the complexity that RoR requires. On Sep 28, 5:23 pm, shupemeister <shupemeis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I would also like to point out that today is officially "Ask a Stupid > Question Day". I will be taking advantage of the holiday. > Shupemeister--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Yeah, a VPS is definitely the way to go. But since you''ve already got your server, you might as well give it a shot. "RoR-capable" could just mean that they have Ruby installed. As far as setting up your server. Exactly how much do they expect you to do? Are you expected to configure Apache yourself? Here''s a good tutorial for that: http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/GettingStartedWithRails Also, don''t forget to freeze rails before you move it to a shared host. You can read more about that here: http://support.tigertech.net/freeze-rails - Anthony On Sep 28, 8:36 am, phil <p...-o0Q4Q1ys/oVBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Shupemeister, > My experience is that you are better off getting a virtual private > server and maintaining it yourself. I had a hosting company that > claimed to be RoR-able, and in a sense they were, but, it was a single > instance running against a very basic ruby installation. In my > experience Rails needs to be clustered to get any meaningful > performance. Also, these guys were great at support but obviously not > capable of the complexity that RoR requires. > > On Sep 28, 5:23 pm, shupemeister <shupemeis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > I would also like to point out that today is officially "Ask a Stupid > > Question Day". I will be taking advantage of the holiday. > > Shupemeister--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
shupemeister wrote:> Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to > host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to > host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the > tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I > expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has > been done. I don''t expect anyone to research IPower, but in general, > what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure > at what step in the deployment process I am at. > > Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my > existing website running RoR? > Thanks much!http://railsmachine.com/ ~Jeremy -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Go with RailsMachine.com if you want something easy to setup, great support. (and no i dont work for them) Higher priced then others but well worth it. I would have given SliceHost a shot but I needed my project up fast and slicehost has a wait time (*not a bad thing, means they dont oversell*) On Sep 28, 8:05 am, shupemeister <shupemeis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to > host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to > host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the > tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I > expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has > been done. I don''t expect anyone to research IPower, but in general, > what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure > at what step in the deployment process I am at. > > Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my > existing website running RoR? > Thanks much!--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I use lamphost.net. Expensive, but very personalized service and high quality. On Sep 28, 8:05 am, shupemeister <shupemeis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to > host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to > host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the > tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I > expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has > been done. I don''t expect anyone to research IPower, but in general, > what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure > at what step in the deployment process I am at. > > Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my > existing website running RoR? > Thanks much!--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks to everyone for the help. I am checking out everything that was mentioned and have learned a lot! On Sep 28, 6:54 pm, Jason Frankovitz <jfran...-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I use lamphost.net. Expensive, but very personalized service and high > quality. > > On Sep 28, 8:05 am, shupemeister <shupemeis...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > Newby here. I have read the instructions on setting up a server to > > host RoR. My web hosting service, IPowerWeb, claims to be set up to > > host RoR yet they say I have to manually set things up myself but the > > tech support is clueless as to what that actually means. I guess I > > expect that because they are RoR-capable that some of the work has > > been done. I don''t expect anyone to research IPower, but in general, > > what does a web host being Ruby capable actually mean. I am not sure > > at what step in the deployment process I am at. > > > Can anyone point me toward some really basic steps in getting my > > existing website running RoR? > > Thanks much!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text ---~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---