To start off, I opted to install Ubuntu 8.10 as my operating system of choice using the nifty interface provided by Linode. After that I went about setting up the box, doing a bunch of apt-gets and a few wgets. So I thought that I would put all this set up into a bash shell script, just in case I had to do it again in the future or that it might help anyone else who needed a RoR quick set up. So I went about looking at my history file and making the script. I then deleted my blank and configured vps and restored a brand new copy of Ubuntu to test if it actually worked so I could post it here with a certain degree of confidence. So this is what the script installs: * Ruby Gems * Ruby * Ruby on Rails (with version switch) * Apache2 * Passenger (including the passenger module) * Mysql 5 * RedCloth * Vim * Git * haml (Because all your apps should be using this kick ass template language) It also installs a few dependency libraries so all the above apps install. All you have to do now is upload you app, and add a virtual host and away you go. h2. Passenger I did have a few issues with passenger. For some silly reason I uploaded my app as root and tried to start Passenger. Passenger does not like this (rightfully so). If it detects that __environment.rb__ is owned by root it "bails":http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide.html#user_switching So make sure that your app is not owned by root. So all this talk and no link? Here is the file "rails_linode.txt":/rails_linode.txt You wil notice that I have a few variables at the top. This is if you want to change the version of Ruby Gems or Rails. I am using the 2.1 branch, so the script sets the version to that. Pretty easy to change. Let me know if anyone has any problems or improvements. Hamza 2 117 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 26 true linode-rails

"!http://hamza.khan-cheema.com/images/linode_logo.png!":http://www.linode.com/?r=cbb442225d119fe4ef6ddf4128084a34e0604e1b As I stated in my "previous post":http://hamza.khan-cheema.com/posts/25-new-site I have just launched the redesign/redevelopment of my site. Along with this change I am also using a new Virtual Machine Host called "Linode":http://www.linode.com/?r=cbb442225d119fe4ef6ddf4128084a34e0604e1b I am sure you know of them from "Rails Rumble":http://railsrumble.com as they provided the VPS for the competitors. One of my friends recommended them to me last summer. I have to say that I am very impressed with them so far. I have been on a lot of VPS solutions and this is one of the fastest I have used and above all the price can't be beaten! However before I deployed the new site, I had to install Ruby on Rails and all that goes along with it. I made a shell script that automated the entire set up process including installing Passenger and the required libraries.

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