rubystack: the easiest way to deploy ruby on rails
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RubyStack: the easiest way to deploy Ruby on Rails
Who is danoo ... ?• Daniel Liszka, Polish• started with Linux: 10 years ago• Linux security labs, Linux Security final project in high
school• studied at Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice• organized conference Open Source in Organization –
Interinfo_2004, Gliwice
I met www.BitRock.com
And everything really started ...
Meet BitRock • Founded in 2003, privately held with offices in Seville, Spain and
San Francisco, USA
• Develops packaging, installation and update tools to provide a complete Open Source Application Deployment solution
• Clients span the globe, and include Fortune 100 corporations, governments, educational institutions, and the leading open source companies
• Recent honors include Red Herring 100 Winner and Red Herring Open Source 20 Winner
OPEN SOURCE 20
www.BitRock.com
• BitRock makes open source software easier to use by providing a complete automated solution for Open Source Application Deployment.
• Makes it fun• brings it to people
Ruby• “Ruby is a dynamic, objectoriented programming
language. It combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalklike objectoriented features, and also shares some features with Python, Lisp, Dylan, and CLU. Its official implementation is free software written in C.”
• Beautiful• FUN !!!
Ruby# In an object instance variable (denoted with '@'),
remember a block.
def remember(&a_block)
@block = a_block
end
# Invoke the above method, giving it a block that takes a name.
remember {|name| puts "Hello, #{name}!"}
# When the time is right (for the object) call the closure!
@block.call("Jon")
# => "Hello, Jon!"
Ruby on Rails• “web application framework that aims to increase the
speed and ease with which databasedriven web sites can be created and offers skeleton code frameworks (scaffolding) from the outset. Often shortened to Rails, or RoR, Ruby on Rails is an open source project written in the Ruby programming language and applications using the Rails framework are developed using the ModelViewController design pattern”
• Beautifull• FUN !!!
It is my story• We decided to start with RoR• Lovely !• me as a developer, I need development environment• My team needs development environment – it would
be cool if both are the same • My graphics designer needs it as well • They have different operating systems, different
requirements (GUI,text mode,...) and skills • I want to use several environments on one machine
It is my story• DEMO day is coming !!!• deployment• scale your application > several servers• deployment on many servers
– chroot– Vmware, XEN– Solaris Zones– Amazon EC2
We need• Ruby and Ruby Gems• RoR• MySQL, SQLite• Apache• Subversion• libraries
We need at least that . . . (RubyStack Features)
• completely selfcontained• relocatable• not interfere with existing software• works on different operating systems • easy to install
TOOLS
RubyStack Installer• created using BitRock InstallBuilder• easy to use• multiplatform • native look and feel• GUI, text and unattended modes• Platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, ...• No External Dependencies
Apart from that ....• Desktop Integration• RPM and DEB generation (beta)• Optimized : BitRock installers are optimized in size and
speed• Ease of Development• Support for Qt® GUI Frontend• Uninstall Functionality• LZIP• Multiple Language Support
InstallBuilder (RubyStack Installer)
InstallBuilder (RubyStack Installer)
InstallBuilder (RubyStack Installer)
InstallBuilder (RubyStack Installer)
Unattended modeMany different options:# rubystack1.0linuxinstaller.bin mode unattended
prefix /secure/tmp/ruby_unatended rubystack_version production apache_server_port 4568 mysql_port 4321 mysql_db_name blabla
Take a look at Capistrano tool (capify.org) desc "Install RubyStack"
task :install do
run "! test d #{rubystack_path}"
install_string = "./#{rubystack_binary}
mode unattended
prefix #{rubystack_path}
rubystack_version production
apache_server_port #{rubystack_apache_port}
mysql_port #{rubystack_mysql_port}
mysql_db_name #{application}
mysql_db_username #{application}user"
if rubystack_apache_port < 1024
sudo install_string
else
run install_string
end
run "echo \". #{rubystack_path}/scripts/setenv.sh\" >> ~/.bashrc"
end
Take a look at Capistrano tool (capify.org)• “Great for automating tasks via SSH on remote servers,
like software installation, application deployment, configuration management, ad hoc server monitoring, and more.
• Ideal for system administrators, whether professional or incidental.
• Easy to customize.• Easy to extend. Capistrano is written in the Ruby”
Conclusions (for the RubyStack Installer)
let's start demo
It is not the end do you remember the components we need ?
and very specific features ?(completely selfcontained,relocatable
not interfere with existing software)
RubyStack Componentszlib version: 1.2.3
libiconv version: 1.9.2
openssl version: 0.9.7l
sqlite version: 3.3.6
httpd version: 2.2.4
mysql version: 5.0.45
libpng version: 1.2.10
jpegsrc version: v6b
freetype version: 2.3.4
libwmf version: 0.2.8.4
ghostscript version: 8.56
ImageMagick version: 6.3.4
expat version: 2.0.0
neon version: 0.25.5
subversion version: 1.4.4
ncurses version: 5.6
readline version: 5.2
ruby version: 1.8.6
rubygems version: 0.9.4
rake version: 0.7.3
rails version: 1.2.3
fastthread version: 1.0
mongrel version: 1.0.1
rmagick version: 1.15.6
mongrel_cluster version: 1.0.2
gruff version: 0.2.8
capistrano version: 2.0.0
Lets take a look inside
• Building & testing system• Integration• logic inside XML files• Wrappers ?!?
Lets take a look inside
• Examples: svn and ruby binaries and wrappers• Lets try to run them• LD_LIBRARY_PATH > wrappers• what about the shebang line• rubyconsole & rubystackctl.sh
Conclusions RubyStack is great platform
not finished yet but already tested in production
Questions ???
