[ILUG] Deploying a Ruby on Rails app to EC2

[Kevin Lyda]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 09:12, Justin MacCarthy <ilug at maccarthy.org> wrote:
> You can view the forks here:
> https://github.com/pauldowman/ec2onrails/network

Yes, though it's not clear which of the forks is the one I should
follow.  Which is why I asked here, but not exactly clearly enough.
So I'll try again.

I have little experience with Ruby on Rails.  I would like a simple
way to deploy Rails apps to EC2.  I'm wondering if people with
experience with Rails app deployment have found a tool like
http://ec2onrails.rubyforge.org/ that has a more promising future.

I'd rather not use something at an evolutionary dead end, but as I am
not familiar with the Ruby or EC2 culture I have a hard time assessing
where the viable projects like this are.

> But of course depending on your stack it might be better to roll you
> own with chef , or capistrano

I could.  I could also purchase a calf, rear it, slaughter it and
butcher it every time I want a hamburger.  But I don't.  I'd rather
not reinvent the wheel - particularly with tools I am not familiar
with.

Kevin