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Deploying a Rails App with EC2 + S3 + Ubuntu
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Create EC2 Instance
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    create new instance ami-bf5eb9d6 [http://alestic.com/](http://alestic.com/)
    create new elastic ip
    attach elastic ip to instance
    point dns to elastic ip
    set the `:host` in `config/deploy.rb` to the new elastic ip


Create S3 Buckets
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    for production: projectname, projectname_backup
    for development: projectname_development, projectname_development_backup


Connect to Server
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    create local ~/.ssh/projectname_production_root file with private rsa ssh key, chmod 600
    ssh in as root such as ssh root@1.2.3.4 -i ~/.ssh/projectname_production_root


Install Packages
----------------

First update existing packages:

    # apt-get update
    # apt-get upgrade

Then install new packages:

    # apt-get install apache2
    # apt-get install apache2-prefork-dev
    # apt-get install build-essential
    # apt-get install exim4
    # apt-get install git-core
    # apt-get install imagemagick
    # apt-get install irb
    # apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev
    # apt-get install libyaml-ruby
    # apt-get install libzlib-ruby
    # apt-get install mysql-server
    # apt-get install rdoc
    # apt-get install ruby
    # apt-get install ruby1.8-dev
    # apt-get install rubygems
    # apt-get install sqlite3

When prompted set the mysql-server password.


Install Rubygems
----------------

First install Rubygems itself:

    # gem install rubygems-update
    # gem update --system

Something is messed up with this version of rubygems so we have to do something ghetto:

    # vi /usr/bin/gem
    After the line:
    require 'rubygems'
    Add:
    require 'rubygems/gem_runner'

Then install the individual gems:

    # gem install daemons
    # gem install fastthread
    # gem install hpricot
    # gem install json
    # gem install mime-types
    # gem install mysql
    # gem install open4
    # gem install passenger
    # gem install rack
    # gem install rake
    # gem install right_aws
    # gem install ruby-mp3info
    # gem install sqlite3-ruby


Configure Exim4
---------------

Run the configurator:

    # dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config

And enter these values as prompted:

- internet site, sent directly via smtp
- projectname.com
- 127.0.0.1
- other destinations: [blank]
- relay: [blank]
- relay: [blank]
- dns minimal: no
- delivery method: mbox
- small files: no
- root: root


Configure MySQL
---------------

    # mysqladmin -u root -p create projectname_production
    # mysql -u root -p

    mysql> CREATE USER 'projectname_prod'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
    mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    mysql> CREATE DATABASE projectname_production DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
    mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON projectname_production.* TO 'projectname_prod'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;


Configure Apache and Phusion Passenger
--------------------------------------

Run the Passenger configurator:

    # passenger-install-apache2-module

Edit Apache configs:

    # cd /etc/apache2/
    # a2enmod deflate
    # vi conf.d/projectname
        NameVirtualHost *
        LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.0.6/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
        PassengerRoot /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.0.6
        PassengerRuby /usr/bin/ruby1.8
        PassengerUseGlobalQueue on
        PassengerMaxPoolSize 25
    # vi sites-available/placeholder
        <VirtualHost *>
          ServerName projectname.com
          DocumentRoot /home/projectname/static_page
        </VirtualHost>
    # vi sites-available/projectname
        <VirtualHost *>
          ServerName projectname.com
          DocumentRoot /home/projectname/projectname/current/public
          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/javascript text/css application/x-javascript
          BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
          BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
          BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
          CustomLog /var/log/apache2/projectname.com-access.log combined
          ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/projectname.com-error.log
          LogLevel warn
        </VirtualHost>
    # a2dissite default
    # a2ensite projectname
    # apache2ctl restart


Setup Deployment Credentials
----------------------------

Create and change to the UNIX `projectname` user:

    # adduser projectname password
    TODO: disable projectname user password
    # su - projectname

Create an SSH key:

    $ ssh-keygen -t dsa
    [no passphrase]

Add as a deploy key on github:

    $ cat .ssh/id_dsa.pub
    copy + paste this into a new deploy key at https://github.com/username/projectname/edit

* ensure that `ssh_options[:keys]` in `config/deploy.rb` contains the correct key name
* add remote projectname user's public ssh key to locally:
* $ vi ~/.ssh/projectname_production_projectname.pub
* add local public ssh key to remote ~projectname/.ssh/authorized_keys


Initialize and Configure the Application
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Locally, init the remote deploy:

    $ cap deploy:cold

Create the remote rails database config file:

    $ vi ~projectname/projectname/shared/database.yml
        production:
          adapter: mysql
          host: localhost
          username: projectname_prod
          password: password
          database: projectname_production
          timeout: 5000
          encoding: UTF8
          socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Load the initial schema:

    $ cd ~projectname/projectname/current
    $ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:schema:load


Deploy the Application
----------------------

At this point, ensure that all code (including the updated `config/deploy.rb`) is checked in locally, merged onto the `deploy` branch, and pushed to github.

Then, locally:

    $ cap deploy

Confirm that the app is running at [http://projectname.com](http://projectname.com).


TODO
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* fix cache thing
* cap deploy todos
* cap to after deploy:cold create:
  * mkdir ~projectname/projectname/releases
  * mkdir ~projectname/projectname/shared/log
  * also pids + system dirs