Ubuntu 12.04 – Ruby on Rails Production

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Roy

This looks to be a smooth guide for setting up a Ruby on Rails production environment on Ubuntu 12.04.

http://excid3.com/blog/setting-up-ubuntu-12-04-with-ruby-1-9-3-nginx-passenger-and-postgresql-or-mysql/

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The simplest of mysql backups

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Roy

Running mysqldump over ssh is a simple way to copy or back up a mysql database from a remote system. Granted, it’s not suited for every scenario, but for a quick dump of the small database on my remote webserver, it’s just the thing.

Quick and dirty, got to love it 🙂

ssh -C webserver01 mysqldump -u root –password=mysecret –all-databases > mydumpfile.dmp

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Back on the air!

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Roy

Doli Capax is back on the air, running off of a Virtual Private Server in Frankfurt. I’ve decided to give vps.net a try, after both VPSLand and CloudPeople have failed to create a virtual server within 24 hours of ordering.

The service from vps.net is just a little bit more expensive, and customer reviews I’ve seen around the net name them a better alternative when it comes to all of availability, performance and support.

I’ve yet to add back any old articles, but I’ll get to it somtime in the near future. Truth is, I’ve been unable to locate any backups of the site, so I need to physically retrieve the old server and get my stuff from there.

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