[LRUG] Low usage production server options?

Simon Sebright simonsebright at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 9 07:42:48 PST 2008


> From: boss at airbladesoftware.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:29:58 +0000> To: chat at lists.lrug.org> Subject: Re: [LRUG] Low usage production server options?> > > On 9 Jan 2008, at 15:14, Simon Sebright wrote:> > So, can anyone offer and advice on getting my app running > > somewhere, either on a machine of my own or a hosting provider > > somewhere? I don't mind installing Linux somewhere, but have > > really no clue how to administer it. Speed is really not a problem > > - if so many people use the site, it becomes a problem, then I have > > a good problem!> > If you have a spare Linux box at home, you could get a simple > deployment working fairly easily. Forget about a web server (e.g. > Apache, Nginx) initially; Mongrel (app server) will be fine on its > own. So install Ruby on your Linux box, then Ruby gems, then use the > gem system to install Mongrel and Rails.
Thanks Andy.  Is there a particular distribution recommended for ruby/rails?  Preferrably one which is good for first-time users!
 
Simon 
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