Difference between revisions of "Ruby-rails"

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= Installation =

=== Debian ===

As root issue the following command:

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gem install rails

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'''Binary gems directory is not added automatically on `$PATH`'''

In order to run gem binaries available on `bin` folder, the location `/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin` must be added as described in `/usr/share/docs/rubygems1.8/README.Debian`.

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=== Fedora ===

Its very easy, `rubygem-rails` must provide all the needed packages and dependencies

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yum install rubygem-rails

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= Create a Rails Application =

# Set a location to deploy rails applications (eg. `/var/rails`)

# Create Rails application

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mkdir -p /var/rails

cd /var/rails

rails newrail

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= Publish a Rail Application =

Assuming the name of the Rail Application is `newrail` and the location for all new Rail Applications is `/var/rails`, thus a Rail Application can be published in 2 ways:

# Via Builtin Webserver, called WEBrick by running `/script/server` located in the folder where it was created.

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cd /var/rails/newrail/script

./server &

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# Via Apache Web Server by setting the proper `[[DocumentRoot]]` varible with the location of the `public` folder in the Rail Application

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DocumentRoot /var/rails/newrails/public

<Directory /var/rails/newrails/public>

Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

AllowOverride all

Order allow,deny

Allow from all

</Directory>

...

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