Comments on EricDaugherty.com: Rails on GoDaddy

Can anyone provide a sample running app. I've fol...

2008-07-05T18:37:00.000-05:00

Can anyone provide a sample running app. I've followed all the advice of both GoDaddy and all the articles, and can't even get an index.html file to show up from within my public directory. GoDaddy says that they've checked the server and it's working, so I must have a bad script file.

1. They run Apache, and they have it is configured...

2008-02-19T10:21:00.000-06:00

1. They run Apache, and they have it is configured based on your .htaccess files. The servers are 'always' running so there are no issues, but you can control the cgi processes using the script control panel.

2. I'm not sure. I think I just did a backup from MySQL and ran the restore script using their db access tool.

All great information. This has been the most use...

2008-02-19T00:37:00.000-06:00

All great information. This has been the most useful information I have been able to find about getting started with Rails at Godaddy as they were of little help to me.

I do have a couple of questions though that may expose my lack of knowledge, but I am hoping that they are easy to answer.

1. I understand that I can't "log in" to run scripts, so then how do I do start script/server to run the application? And what webserver is running at Godaddy by default?

2. How do I perform db:migrate and such for upgrades?

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

~Brad

Thanks Eric, I had a feeling that was the case

2007-10-02T17:03:00.000-05:00

Thanks Eric, I had a feeling that was the case

You can't actually DO anything at GoDaddy with Rai...

2007-10-02T08:50:00.000-05:00

You can't actually DO anything at GoDaddy with Rails. To freeze gems, you need to do that in your local development environment and then FTP everything up to GoDaddy.

I'm a rails noob, trying to install my first (prac...

2007-10-02T08:48:00.000-05:00

I'm a rails noob, trying to install my first (practice) app onto my go daddy server - I have got it to the point where it at least shows the RoR welcome screen, but I have no idea how to access the development environment (so i can freeze gems, run rake etc). I have a 'deluxe hosting account', but it isn't on a virtual dedicated server or anything, so as far as I know I can't connect remotely... or can I? Any help would be great, or have I missed the point completely? Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide.

the godaddy DB's run really well with Rails since ...

2007-08-22T13:05:00.000-05:00

the godaddy DB's run really well with Rails since they are on separate servers unlike most shared plans. But they serve your app up reaaaaallly slloooooooow when it first loads. PLUS it was a royal pain to get SVN working right.

I'd go with asmallorange.com if you want to play around. even the $5 a month plan can host a small rails app. svn is set up already, and the are really cool about installing any gems you may need.