How-to: Config & Deployment

customization manifest Building your manifest file
How to build a manifest file for your application
customization Configuring asset pipeline compilation
How to configure asset pipeline compilation (APC) and precompilation for Rails / Rack applications
troubleshooting,deployment Troubleshooting common deployment issues
Troubleshooting common deployment issues
debugging Running the Rails Console
How to run the Rails console for your Cloud 66 application
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting server issues
How to diagnose and fix some common issues that may cause your servers to be unreachable or unresponsive.
update upgrade Managing and upgrading Ruby versions
Upgrading the base Ruby version of your Cloud 66 application
Deployment Running background processes
Cloud 66 supports the widely used Procfile format files
debugging Running Rake tasks
Running Rake tasks on your Cloud 66 application
customization Using ConfigStore
How to use ConfigStore to centralize and manage config values
customization Examples of deploy hooks
Some working examples of deploy hooks in action
customization Using Rails (Rack) deployment health checks
How to set up health checks to confirm that your application has been properly deployed
update upgrade Applying system upgrades
Applying upgrades and updates to your application
code workers Managing processes with Bluepill
Manage background workers in your application
Logs Managing log files
Managing application logs with Cloud 66 for Rails
Logs Managing configuration of gems
Managing configuration of gems in Cloud 66 for Rails
operations Using redeployment hooks
How to use redeployment hooks to achieve automated deployments
code workers Managing processes with systemd
Manage processes and background workers in your application
firewall Using Cloud 66 through a firewall
How the ensure that Cloud 66 can reach your servers via your firewall and security systems.
update upgrade Managing custom packages
Adding and managing custom Ubuntu packages on your application servers
customization Configuring for multi-tenancy
Configuring Cloud 66 applications to use a single server
debugging Setting your Node version
Choosing which version of Node is installed with your Rack/Rails applications
customization Adding modules to Nginx
How to add custom modules to Nginx in Cloud 66
customization Customizing your Nginx configuration
How to customize the configuration of the Rails Nginx proxy
customization Choosing a deployment strategy
How to choose and set a deployment strategy for your application - serial, parallel or rolling.
operations Using your own servers with Cloud 66
How to use your own (self-managed) servers with Cloud 66 for Rails
Logs Setting permissions for writing to web servers
How to set permissions for a directory on your web server(s) to support the writing of user data (such as file uploads).
high-availability Migrating your application between servers
How to move your entire application to a new server or a new data center
operations Using the deployment timeline
How to use the deployment timeline to track and roll back deployments
operations server How to delete your Physical Servers
Deleting physical servers from your cloud
security Deploying behind a gateway server
How to deploy your application to a DMZ
websocket Deploying and managing Faye
How to set up the Faye publish-subscribe messaging system with Cloud 66 for Rails
high-availability Zero-downtime deployments
How to minimize downtime during deployments
high-availability Using failover groups
How to set up and use a failover group
customization Configuring redirects through Nginx
How to configure redirects for your application using Nginx
operations Managing a Sinatra application
How to deploy and manage Sinatra apps with Cloud 66
websocket Configuring WebSocket
How to configure Websocket for a Cloud 66 Rails application
Scaling addins Configuring HAProxy
Configuring HAProxy to work with your application
notifications server Managing required restarts
Cloud 66 server restart notifications
debugging logs Setting up custom LiveLog files
How to configure custom logs for your applications
high-availability Configuring multi-region applications
An overview of configuring your application to run across different regions
operations Managing a Padrino application
How to deploy and manage Padrino apps with Cloud 66
update upgrade Querying server metadata
How to query a server's metadata via command line or deploy hook
operations Tagging components
How to tag infrastructural and configuration components in Cloud 66 for Rails
customization Using symbolic links
How to use Ubuntu symbolic links with Cloud 66

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