And before I forget, when you sign up for a VPS you are assuming FOR YOURSELF the responsability of managing your own install. Unless you're hosting with a company that provides application installation support (like EngineYard) the folks from your hosting service are not likely to help you to setup your server or install the libraries you need.
In a VPS you're expected to know what you're doing. - Maurício Linhares http://codeshooter.wordpress.com/ | http://twitter.com/mauriciojr On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Älphä Blüë<[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, if anyone manages to read this: > > Nightmare #1: Always ask the hosting provider (before signing up on a > VPS) exactly what linux distros they have available. When you find your > provider only has (ONE) - CentOS 4.5 (final) you have to realize that > this provider won't be a good one (regardless of their reviews). Why? > > CentOS 4.5 does not have access to a lot of beneficial repositories. > The best I found without going out and compiling by source was Ruby > 1.8.1. Most CentOS VPS templates have Yum installed. Not so yummie... > Sure you can install apt and try to download packages but the type of > packages you'll want will have been made specifically for ubuntu. > > I'm not saying it can't be done - but, what I am saying is it is most > likely going to be a nightmare. > > Nightmare #2: The Linux distro is only one complication. What is your > application going to really need to work at the end? How are you going > to port your app over to the server? Does the provider understand ruby > or rails? I'm finding that the one I signed up for does not. > > ============== > > Currently waiting for a refund from Lunarpages (highly recommended by a > lot of review sites). > > Here's some updates on my searches: > > 1. Hostgator (doesn't support VPS environments - only shared and > dedicated) - Great service, great cost, great uptime but you are going > to pay 15 bucks a month for shared or 190 bucks a month for dedicated. > If you do manage to get shared, they can upgrade ruby to 1.8.7 and > install as many gems as you need through their ticketing system. But, > with shared - you have no write access to anything and can't work on any > issues firsthand should they come up. Dedicated is more expensive with > hostgator than other sites. > > 2. Lunarpages (supports all environments) - Great service, great cost, > great uptime but they aren't ruby and rails saavy. They only have one > VPS environment CentOS 4.5 and their current ubuntu template isn't due > out for months. They have no backend management for the ruby > environment. A complete waste if you find them. > > ----- > > continuing my search with some of the suggestions here.. > > -- > 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 [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-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
