Setting up a Rails Development Server

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Setting up a Rails Development Server

• Robert Dempsey Joe Block

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Development Environment

• Ubuntu 5.10
• Ruby 1.8.4 / Ruby Gems
• MySQL 5
• Rails 1.1.2
• Lighttpd a.k.a. Lighty
• Subversion

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Ubuntu 5.10
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Why Choose Ubuntu 5.10

• Good documentation
• Apt-get and synaptic package manager
• Strong device support
• No viruses
• Easy to install ruby and rails!

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Installing Ubuntu 5.10

• Download and burn the latest iso image
• When you get to the installation prompt, hit
  enter
• Wait a bit for the install to finish
• Ready for customization

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Customizing your install

• /etc/apt/sources.list
• Uncomment the universe repository
• deb http//de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper
  main restricted
• deb http//de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper
  universe multiverse
• Turn on ssh access to the server
• apt-get install openssh-server

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Created /etc/apt/preferences with

• Package
• Pin release abreezy, v5.10
• Pin-Priority 900
• Package
• Pin release abreezy-security, v5.10
• Pin-Priority 900
• Package
• Pin release abreezy-updates, v5.10
• Pin-Priority 900
• Package
• Pin release adapper
• Pin-Priority 90

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Additional Packages

• apt-get install gcc g libtool libreadline5
  libreadline5-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev
  libgdbm-dev libgdbm3 libgdbm-dev zlibc zlib-bin
  libmysqlclient14-dev subversion subversion-tools
  libsvn0-dev libsvn0 xtail rrdtool mysql-server
  mytop make

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Ruby 1.8.4 and Ruby Gems
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Installing Ruby 1.8.4

• apt-get install -t dapper irb irb1.8
  libpgsql-ruby1.8 libreadline-ruby1.8
  libredcloth-ruby1.8 libruby libruby1.8
  libyaml-ruby ruby1.8-examples rdoc1.8 ri1.8
  libmysql-ruby1.8 libgdbm-ruby1.8 imagemagick
  librmagick-ruby1.8 librmagick-ruby-doc xml-core
  libmysqlclient14-dev
• sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ruby1.8 /usr/local/bin/ruby
• sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ri1.8 /usr/local/bin/ri
• sudo ln -s /usr/bin/rdoc1.8 /usr/local/bin/rdoc

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Installing Ruby Gems

• Download rubygems
• Do sudo ruby setup.rb" in the source directory.
• sudo gem update include-dependencies

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MySQL 5
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Why Choose MySQL

• Easy to use and develop for
• Lots of good documentation
• Most hosting providers provide it free

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Installing MySQL

• apt-get install -t dapper mysql-server
  mysql-client mytop
• Set mysql password to foo
• sudo mysqladmin -u root password foo

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Rails 1.1.2
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Installing Rails 1.1.2

• sudo gem install rails --include-dependencies

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Lighttpd a.k.a. Lighty
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Why Choose Lighty

• FastCGI
• Virtual hosts
• Fast and secure application controlled downloads
• Works on Linux, Unix and Windows
• Flexible and configurable
• Good docs and support

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Installing Lighty

• apt-get install libfcgi-dev libfcgi-ruby
• apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev bzip2
  libbz2-dev
• wget http//www.lighttpd.net/download/lighttpd-1.4
  .11.tar.gz
• tar xvzf lighttpd-1.4.11.tar.gz
• ./configure
• time make
• sudo make install

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Subversion
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Why Versioning is Good

• Online backups
• The oh shit factor
• Supports multiple developers
• Mac Subversion
• Windows Subversion / Tortoise SVN
• Most rails hosting companies have it built-in

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Configuring Subversion

• adduser repouser
• Log in as repouser
• mkdir repouser/sources
• svnadmin create repouser/sources
• Edit the configuration file to change the access
  rules. Set repouser/sources/conf/svnserve.conf

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Subversion continued

• general
• anon-access read
• auth-access write
• realm YourName Rails Repouser
• password-db passwd

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Setting up the repository

• mkdir -p foo/yourapp
• mkdir -p foo/ yourapp/trunk
• mkdir -p foo/ yourapp/branches
• mkdir -p foo/ yourapp/tags
• cd foo
• svn import . file///home/repository/sources

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Results
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What we got

• A ready to go, stable and robust rails
  development server that supports multiple
  developers on mixed platforms

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Conclusions
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Life is good!

• Easy and worth it
• Took about 10 minutes to install
• Can use it to show clients your progress or for
  in-house testing

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Resources
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Resource List

• Ubuntu 5.10
• http//www.ubuntu.com
• Ruby 1.8.4 / Ruby Gems
• http//www.ruby-lang.org
• http//rubyforge.org
• MySQL 5
• http//www.mysql.com
• Rails 1.1.2
• http//www.rubyonrails.org
• Lighttpd a.k.a. Lighty
• http//www.lighttpd.net
• Subversion
• http//subversion.tigris.org

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Thank You!