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Ruby On Rails Cloud Hosting

Quick, Simple, and Scalable Ruby On Rails Cloud Hosting

What is Ruby On Rails Cloud Hosting?

Ruby on Rails cloud hosting from Steadfast Networks gives our customers the ability to use an open-source web application framework that makes it easy to build your own apps. Since its development in 2003, Ruby on Rails (aka Rails) has grown to become one of the most widely used full stack frameworks, and can be found in Twitter, Groupon, Hulu, Shopify, and Scribd, among others.

Rails was designed for developers, and it streamlines the development process by sticking to two very important principles: Convention over Configuration (CoC) and Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY).

By adhering to these basic tenets of rapid development, Rails saves time by automatically naming and syncing conventional aspects of your application. You'll only need to specify any unconventional aspects. And Rails removes the need to constantly repeat code by storing all your application information in a single database. The program then retrieves this necessary information based on convention and automatically fills it in without you having to specify a thing.

Ruby on Rails is also fully web-scalable, with some Rails-built applications hosting hundreds of millions of users. It's easy to see why over 238,000 sites are currently deploying applications created in Rails. It's the perfect framework choice for any developer who wants to create professional web applications at a fraction of the time and cost required by other development frameworks. Ruby on Rails uses convention and practicality to turn your application dream into a reality.

Video: Web Development with Ruby on Rails


How to Get Ruby on Rails Cloud Hosting from Steadfast Networks

Ruby on Rails is available free to all Steadfast Networks cloud hosting clients. With plans starting at just $20 per month, users get access to Steadfast Networks' great cloud hosting features as well as a full range of JumpBox applications, including Ruby on Rails.

The Ruby on Rails JumpBox application is unique in that it also serves as a deployment system for Ruby on Rails applications. To put it simply, the JumpBox is an Ubuntu Linux environment that can immediately host fully functioning Ruby on Rails environments.

JumpBox eliminates developer headaches caused by having to make a seemingly infinite number of configuration options available to the end user. Instead, Ruby on Rails applications deployed through the JumpBox virtual machine are self-contained and fully operational. It doesn't matter whether your end users have installed MySQL or even Ruby – they only need to install a single Virtual Machine platform.

For more information on deploying your Ruby on Rails applications using the JumpBox Virtual Machine provided by Steadfast Networks, check out JumpBox's Ruby on Rails Documentation.

Ruby on Rails System Requirements


Disk Space
310MB download size
Memory
512MB RAM minimum
Ruby
Version 1.8.7 or higher
Database
MySQL – recommended
Other databases also supported
Web Server
Apache – recommended

The RubyGems packaging system makes it easy to download and begin using Ruby on Rails – it's available here.

Tips, Tricks, and Documentation for Ruby on Rails Cloud Hosting

The main Ruby on Rails website provides a huge number of support options, including Documentation, , and a helpful Blog tracking all changes to the open-source software.

There are many other great resources on the web for enriching your Ruby on Rails experience, including: