Dan Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I've been playing around with Rails for a while now and have created > several apps on my local (ubuntu) machine. I would now like to look > into hosting solutions for these apps, however my current host only > offers Rails support through FCGI, which is pretty shaky, so I've been > looking into purchasing a VPS. >
If your app will run on Heroku, use it! Otherwise, Slicehost is great. > While I have a fair amount of experience with Linux, I have never > controlled a remote server completely through the command line and am a > little unsure about what is required. It's no different from controlling your local server with SSH. > > The option I'm looking at would provide guaranteed 384MB memory at all > times (more at quiet times), with any of the following operating > systems: > > - CentOS > - Debian > - Fedora Core > - Suse > - Ubuntu Stick with Ubuntu. > > Ideally, I would like to be able to run several small Rails apps as well > as some PHP apps simultaneously. Is this a reasonable expectation wiht > these resources Probably. > or should I just stick to one or the other? > > If it is possible, what would be the most appropriate combination of OS > and software to use in order to achieve this? Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, either Apache or Nginx, Ruby Enterprise Edition, PHP if you want it. At least, that's the way I do it. I'm also a fan of Webmin. > > Apologies is this seems like a bit of a n00b post. It is! > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and if I haven't provided > enough information, please let me know. > > Thanks. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- 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.
