Ruby on Rails

Securing Communications in a Three-tier Rails Application Using SSH Tunnels — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Securing Communications in a Three-tier Rails Application Using SSH Tunnels

Web applications are often architected with three distinct tiers: the presentation layer, which is what the user sees, the application layer, which provides the business logic of the application, and the data layer which stores the application’s data. In this tutorial, you will deploy a Rails app in a three-tier configuration by installing a unique set of software on three separate servers, configuring each server and their components to communicate and function securely and effectively.

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Deploying a Rails App on Ubuntu 14.04 with Capistrano, Nginx, and Puma — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Deploying a Rails App on Ubuntu 14.04 with Capistrano, Nginx, and Puma

In this tutorial we’ll install Ruby and Nginx on a the cloud provider Ubuntu Droplet and configure Puma and Capistrano in our web app. Nginx will be used to capture client requests and pass them over to the Puma web server running Rails. We’ll use Capistrano to automate common deployment tasks, so every time we have to deploy a new version of our Rails app to the server, we can do that with a few simple commands.

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How To Deploy a Rails App with Passenger and Apache on Ubuntu 14.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Deploy a Rails App with Passenger and Apache on Ubuntu 14.04

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install [Phusion Passenger](https://www.phusionpassenger.com) as your Rails-friendly web server, which is easy to install, configure, and maintain. We will integrate it into Apache on Ubuntu 14.04. By the end of this tutorial, we will have a test Rails application deployed on our Droplet.

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How To Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 12.04 from Source — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 12.04 from Source

Ruby on Rails is an application stack that provides developers with a framework to quickly create a variety of web applications. Although Rails can be installed on a virtual private server with a variety of packages, it can also be download manually, from source. This tutorial will go over the manual installation of Ruby and Rails.

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How To Add Bootstrap to a Ruby on Rails Application — step-by-step Programming tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Add Bootstrap to a Ruby on Rails Application

If you are developing a Ruby on Rails application, you may be interested in adding styles to your project to facilitate user engagement. Bootstrap is an HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework designed to simplify the process of making web projects responsive and mobile ready. By implementing Bootstrap in a Rails project, you can integrate its layout conventions and components into your application to make user interactions with your site more engaging.

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