Tag Archives: rails

Rails cluster with Ruby load balancer using Docker

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Muriel Salvan 1 Comment

Lately I discovered Docker. I made a quick presentation on it for the rivierarb meetup of february 2014 (slides available). As an example of Docker’s usage, I decided to make something cool: a Rails cluster, with a Ruby load balancer … Continue reading →

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Monitor your systems using Monit on shared hosts non-root – Example with Rails3/Capistrano

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Muriel Salvan 2 Comments

Do you know Monit? You definitely should. This is a high-quality and mature Open Source project, very well documented, that can monitor all your system resources (global and process-based). It is lightweight, efficient, can take corrective actions (restart servers…), provides … Continue reading →

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Deploy Rails 3 Unicorn applications using Capistrano on a shared web host non-root

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Muriel Salvan Leave a comment

In my struggle to have complete Rails3 environments setup in shared web hosts, the deployment step was missing. Lately I managed to deploy Rails3 Unicorn applications using Capistrano on a shared web host, as a non-root user with very limited … Continue reading →

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Installing Rails 3 nginx unicorn on a shared web host non-root

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Muriel Salvan Leave a comment

Lately I tried to install a complete Rails 3 nginx unicorn web stack on a shared host without root privileges, in my user home directory. Ruby and Rails3 setup nginx setup Unicorn setup Unicorn setup with nginx In this process, … Continue reading →

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Howto install Redmine on Heroku

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Muriel Salvan 2 Comments

A little howto to get Redmine running on Heroku: Install Redmine locally. Follow instructions given on the Redmine Install page. I used development mode only in this step. Setup git in the repository with git init Edit the .gitignore file, … Continue reading →

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Unobtrusive Ajax on Rails3: Welcome to rails-ajax

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Muriel Salvan Leave a comment

My recent contribution to Rails: rails-ajax. Here is its story: I am always amazed to see how simple the Ajax use-case can be, how many websites could take benefit from a basic Ajax setup, and yet how difficult it is … Continue reading →

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Full stack integration testing with Rails3: browser-oriented, JavaScript, continuous integration

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Muriel Salvan 4 Comments

This post is a complete summary of all my efforts to have a complete and decent solution to test Rails applications. As it is a long post, here you have the table of contents: Introduction Prerequisite for this tutorial Ruby … Continue reading →

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How to make a customized Ruby on Rails server work on a hosted shared environment ?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Muriel Salvan Leave a comment

Hi Some of my servers are hosted on Planethoster (shared environment). So far it has been a nice experience, except that their customer support’s technical competencies can vary a lot depending on who gets to help you there. Regarding their … Continue reading →

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