What should be done when deploying Rails 3 application?

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I would like to deploy my Rails 3 application. I use DreamHost.

My question is what changes should I do to my application before deploying it.

I mean should I change RAILS_ENV to production somewhere ?

How should I create the database on the server (I use mysql) ? via rake db:create RAILS_ENV=production ? Should I create the development database on the server too ?

Thanks for any tips!

The Rails environment will default to production on the server, but as for the rest, what are you using for your deployment script? — Adam Lassek, Mar 21 '11 at 02:38
For now I don't have any deployment script. I just copied the files to the server. — Misha Moroshko, Mar 21 '11 at 02:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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You really need to have a deployment script.

Check out Capistrano. It will save you hours and hours of work. You can remotely migrate the production db with this.

The only database you should have in your production environment is the production database. The development and testing environments should not be accessible.

What does your http server stack look like? Apache? Nginx? Any details will depend on how you have things set up. I answered a question here about how my server is configured.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Mar 21 '11 at 02:49

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@pkoch Couldn't say, I've never used it. – Adam Lassek Apr 03 '12 at 16:34

What should be done when deploying Rails 3 application?

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