Apexit#02 Deploy Rails App with Puma and Nginx on EC2 Ubuntu 14.04LTS instance

We have already developed our application and now we want to move it to
production. Here, I am mentioning checklist for moving our app to production. There are plenty of resources are available so we will not go in depth and recreating stuff that is already created. These are just checklist. I have also mentioned good reference for each point. I will be reachable through email if you have any questions. You can also drop your message by clicking green chat icon bottom-right most corner.

deploy-ec2-with-puma-and-nginx

Steps:

1. Create one EC2 Ubuntu 14.04 instance: ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html
2. Install RVM or rbenv: ref: https://rvm.io/rvm/install
3. Install ruby 2.3.1: rvm install 2.3.1
4. Install GIT: sudo apt-get install git
5. Install Bundler: gem install bundler
6. Install Rails: https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/14.04
7. Install NodeJS: ref: above link
8. Clone your repo
9. RAILS_ENV=production bundle install
10. Create one RDS instance of Postgres(optional) ref: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_GettingStarted.CreatingConnecting.PostgreSQL.html
11. Update Database.yml and build your production Database
12. Update security groups on EC2
13. Setup Puma: ref: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-deploy-a-rails-app-with-puma-and-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04
14. Setup Nginx: ref: above link
15. Test

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Mayur is a Chief Technical Architect in his organisation. He has more than three years of experience in designing and building scale able applications using different technologies.