padde

Let's Encrypt with Nginx

Here's how I set up a tiny Nginx/Rails server that uses HTTPS via a Let's Encrypt issued certificate.

https://letsencrypt.paddd.de/

Server

I use the smallest DigitalOcean droplet (512 MB) here, which is built from the "Ubuntu Ruby on Rails on 14.04" image provided by them.

gaganremba

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

#
# Passenger management script
# By James Smith http://loopj.com
# Based heavily on a similar script by Jon Bettcher
#
# Check memory usage of all paseenger child process and kill if grows 
# too large.
#

lukencode

(function () {

    var scriptName = "embed.js"; //name of this script, used to get reference to own tag
    var jQuery; //noconflict reference to jquery
    var jqueryPath = "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"; 
    var jqueryVersion = "1.8.3";
    var scriptTag; //reference to the html script tag

    /******** Get reference to self (scriptTag) *********/
    var allScripts = document.getElementsByTagName('script');

wrburgess

Grab new backup of database

Command: heroku pgbackups:capture --remote production

Response: >>> HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_COLOR_URL (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> a712

Get url of backup download

Command: heroku pgbackups:url [db_key] --remote production

ChuckJHardy

DigitalOcean Ubuntu 14.04 x64 + Rails 4 + Nginx + Unicorn + PostgreSQL + Capistrano 3

Create a Droplet

SSH into Root

$ ssh root@123.123.123.123

Change Root Password

amejiarosario

Rails Migration

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/migrations.html

Migrations methods:

• add_column
• add_index
• change_column
• change_table
• create_table
• drop_table

maxivak

Integrate Gem/Engine and main Rails app

Overview

• Paths
• Routes
• Add functionality to controller
• Improving (Extending or overriding) Engine functionality
• Helpers
• Assets

oinopion

-- Create a group
CREATE ROLE readaccess;

-- Grant access to existing tables
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO readaccess;
GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO readaccess;

-- Grant access to future tables
ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO readaccess;

ssaunier

# Sidekiq interaction and startup script
commands:
  create_post_dir:
    command: "mkdir -p /opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post"
    ignoreErrors: true
files:
  "/opt/elasticbeanstalk/hooks/appdeploy/post/50_restart_sidekiq.sh":
    mode: "000755"
    owner: root
    group: root

bastman

Docker - How to cleanup (unused) resources

Once in a while, you may need to cleanup resources (containers, volumes, images, networks) ...

delete volumes

// see: https://github.com/chadoe/docker-cleanup-volumes

$ docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -qf dangling=true)

$ docker volume ls -qf dangling=true | xargs -r docker volume rm