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Using Jenkins to Trigger Rake Tasks
This tutorial [https://www.chrisjmendez.com/2017/01/08/installing-jenkins-using-virtualbox-and-vagrant/] will show you how to install Jenkins on Linux Debian using VirtualBox and Vagrant. After you've...
AWS: Using Rake Tasks to SSH into EC2
I work a lot with EC2 and one thing I always have to Google is how to SSH into an AMI, Ubuntu, Fedora, or CentOS instance. Part of...
AWS: Working with CodeCommit
Elastic Beanstalk is a one-stop shop for Ruby on Rails developers to publish their apps. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to first commit your...
Heroku: How to Publish an Existing Rails App
With Rails 5, the deployment process to Heroku has gotten even easier. Here are the steps to publishing a new Heroku app without using a one-click install. STEP...
Install Ruby using Brew or Github
This article is for developers interested in installing two different versions of Ruby on their system. Method 1 We'll use brew package manager to help you...
Installing Vue + Rails 5.x
How to install Vue.js framework on Ruby on Rails.
Rails: Running a scheduler
Heroku offer's a pretty nifty scheduler [https://elements.heroku.com/addons/scheduler] add-on for running jobs on your app at scheduled time intervals, much like cron...
Heroku: Working with Memcache
Rails Fragment caching on a Heroku dyno.
Heroku: Upgrading your database
Here's a process I've found for upgrading your database on Heroku. There are many more commands and I highly suggest reviewing the Heroku Documentation...
Heroku: Dynamically capture your Dyno URL
Today I needed my Rails app to look at it's own production URL and capture the HOST information. After spending an hour looking for an answer,...
Heroku: Publishing a Sinatra App
When it comes to publishing web (or API-only) apps, I either pick Openshift [https://www.openshift.com/] or Heroku [https://dashboard.heroku.com/] for hosting. Both services are...
Running S3 on your local computer
Lately, I've been experimenting with AWS S3, EC2, and Lambda and the process is pretty great. That said, I don't feel comfortable wasting compute...
Deploying Rails 5.x on AWS ElasticBeanstalk using AWS CodeCommit
How to deploy your Rails app on ElasticBeanstalk (including S3 buckets, security groups, load balancers, auto-scalling groups and more) using CodeCommit.
Rails: Troubleshooting Strategies
There are about a dozen or so reasons why your Rails app might fail to load locally or on a host like Heroku. Below are a few common...
Rails: List Objects Using Rails Console
I was looking for a way to get a collection of every model using the Rails console. Here are a few simple ways to do it. Step 0...