Maybe I'm typing the wrong things into Google, but the easy way to host a Rails app is eluding me. I know how to set up capistrano, thin, nginx, Ubuntu, mysql, etc, but where can I find this set up out of the box? It's gotta be out there.<p>Suggestions? Thanks!
<a href="http://blog.fiveruns.com/2008/10/20/automatic-production-rails" rel="nofollow">http://blog.fiveruns.com/2008/10/20/automatic-production-rai...</a> -- it's a no-fuss script for bringing up production Rails on slicehost.
This article gives a decent overview: <a href="http://www.aidanf.net/deploying-rails-on-a-clean-ubuntu-slicehost-vps" rel="nofollow">http://www.aidanf.net/deploying-rails-on-a-clean-ubuntu-slic...</a><p>Aside from that, you can search for tutorials related to blank slate hosts like Slicehost and Linode - they tend to cover rails well.
I've had good luck with hosting Rails on Dreamhost. They have a good wiki page on how to set it up with capistrano (<a href="http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Capistrano" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Capistrano</a>) and you get shell access.
I'm not sure if this fits your needs, but I would also take a look at WebFaction. <a href="http://www.webfaction.com/hosting/rails-hosting" rel="nofollow">http://www.webfaction.com/hosting/rails-hosting</a>
Rails Machine(<a href="http://railsmachine.com" rel="nofollow">http://railsmachine.com</a>) makes setting up and deploying rails apps very easy with their capistrano tasks(<a href="https://support.railsmachine.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=24" rel="nofollow">https://support.railsmachine.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id...</a>). I've been with them for over a year and I highly recommend them.
You see rails apps saying 'hosted by engine yard' on gitnub.<p>Try this list:
<a href="http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHosts" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHosts</a><p>and 'rails hosting' on google.
Some slicehost articles that might be useful to you:<p>Setting up a Ubuntu Hardy Heron with Rails:
<a href="http://articles.slicehost.com/ubuntu-hardy" rel="nofollow">http://articles.slicehost.com/ubuntu-hardy</a>
Try searching for Rails EC2 AMI if you're interested in hosting on EC2: <a href="http://pauldowman.com/projects/ruby-on-rails-ec2/" rel="nofollow">http://pauldowman.com/projects/ruby-on-rails-ec2/</a>