I recommend installing Ubuntu Server 6.10 LTS and using Capistrano along with the deprec gem <http://www.deprec.org/> to install and configure everything you need. Be sure to install deprec before capistrano, so that it installs Capistrano 1.4.1 - not 2.0. This installs and configures Apache, MySQL, Mongrel, Mongrel_Cluster, and all other gems you need to set up a deployment server. If you don't have subversion set up already, there's a recipe included for that, too. Take a look at the free PeepCode mini-episode on how to create a linux deployment box with deprec. It's linked off this page: <https:// peepcode.com/products/capistrano-concepts> (The Capistrano screencast is definitely worth the $9, btw.)
I just got through doing this myself this week, and I'm a Mac guy too. It's definitely easier than configuring a Mac server - even with macports. (I tried that, first.) It will help if you have some familiarity with Debian-based linux. If you've used macports, apt- cache and apt-get will be easy to use to install anything else you might need. (I had to install Curl, to test my mongrel cluster, Postgres-8.2, and the ruby-postgres library.) The mini-episode is very good, but it missed one key point - the configuration which allows mongrel cluster to run on startup . Be sure to read this page, which covers it : <http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/mongrel_cluster.html> Good luck! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deploying Rails" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-deployment?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
