Deploying rails app into EC2 using Rubber

Step 1

Get the key from aws and store it in ~/.ec2 folder

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chmod 400 keyname

Generate the publickey

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ssh-keygen -y -f keyname > keyname.pub

Step 2

Add rubber gem in your gemfile

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gem rubber
bundle install

Step 3

Now do vulcanize. Am using nginx and passenger

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rails g vulcanize minimal_passenger_nginx

Step 4

Now edit following fields in config/rubber/rubber.yml

access key
secret access key
account name
app name
app user
image id
image type

Step 5 :

Deploy Part :

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cap rubber:create
cap rubber:bootstrap
cap deploy

If you are using oracle instant client set the environment variable in server and then do cap deploy

Troubleshooting:

Here is the way to bypass fingerprint authentication prompt

add these two lines in deploy script.

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ssh_options[:keys] = [File.join(ENV["HOME"], ".ssh", "id_rsa")]
set :deploy_to, "your_deploy_folder"