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Rails Documentation

The Basics
Concepts & Terminology
Editing, cloning & deleting apps
FAQs

Getting Started
Deploying your first Rails app
Migrating from Heroku to Cloud 66
Getting started with manifest files
Using Cloud 66 Toolbelt

Tutorials
Using custom Rack servers
Adding a deploy hook
Adding custom environment variables
Configuring network access to your application
Adding a load balancer
Using CustomConfig
Using CustomConfig Git
Adding a failover group
Configuring your DNS
Adding a firewall rule
Accessing servers securely
Using IP filtering

How-to: Common tools
Disk space alerts
Enabling Slack notifications
Using Global Search
How to SSH to your servers
Debugging Toolbelt SSH access
Using Git repositories with Cloud 66
Application Updates
Logging & tracking support requests
Manage your applications via Slack
Generating local SSH Keys

How-to: Config & Deployment
Building your manifest file
Configuring asset pipeline compilation
Troubleshooting common deployment issues
Running the Rails Console
Troubleshooting server issues
Managing and upgrading Ruby versions
Running background processes
Running Rake tasks
Using ConfigStore
Using Rails (Rack) deployment health checks
Applying system upgrades
Managing processes with Bluepill
Managing log files
Managing configuration of gems
Using Preview Deployments
Using redeployment hooks
Managing rollout strategies
Managing processes with systemd
Using Cloud 66 through a firewall
Managing custom packages
Configuring for multi-tenancy
Setting your Node version
Customizing your Nginx configuration
Managing advanced firewall rules
Migrating your application between servers
Choosing a deployment strategy
Using your own servers with Cloud 66
Setting permissions for writing to web servers
Using deploy hooks
Using the deployment timeline
How to delete your Physical Servers
Deploying behind a gateway server
Deploying and managing Faye
Zero-downtime deployments
Using failover groups
Managing a Sinatra application
Configuring WebSocket
Configuring HAProxy
Managing required restarts
Setting up custom LiveLog files
Configuring multi-region applications
Managing a Padrino application
Querying server metadata
Tagging components
Using symbolic links

How-to: Web servers
Using Puma web server
Using Unicorn web server
Using Passenger Enterprise
Using Thin web server
Understanding Rack status alerts

How-to: Databases
Managing databases with Cloud 66
Managing database backups
Multi Database Support
Using database backup verifiers
Changing data directory for PostgreSQL
Replicating data between PostgreSQL versions
Customize your database configuration
Connecting to database servers
Encrypting databases
Sharing databases between applications
Configuring database replication
Replacing SQLite
Using production data in staging
Seeding your database
Installing PostGIS
Manually managing database configuration
Uninstalling MySQL

How-to: Security
Manually adding an SSL cert to Nginx
Using Application Private Networks
Configuring Web Application Firewalls
Application Health Checks
Multi-certificate SSL for HAProxy
Disabling older versions of TLS
Enabling SSL termination on load balancers
Configuring Let's Encrypt

How-to: Cloud providers
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
Cloud-A
DigitalOcean
Google Compute Engine
Hetzner Cloud
Maxihost
Linode
OVHcloud
Packet
Rackspace
Vultr
Bring Your Own Images

How-to: Scaling
Scaling your application
Load testing
Scaling Elasticsearch clusters
Scaling GlusterFS clusters
Scaling MongoDB with replica sets

How-to: Automation
Automating tasks using Zapier

How-to: Add-ins
An introduction to Add-ins
Using the custom server add-in
Using database backup add-in
Using the load balancer Add-in
Using the Rake task add-in
Using the Server Jobs Add-in
Using the SSL certificate add-in
Using the MongoDB Add-in
Using the Redis Add-in
Using the Elasticsearch Add-in
Using the GlusterFS Add-in
Using the InfluxDB Add-in
Using the Memcached Add-in
Using the RabbitMQ Add-in

Integration guides
Integration with Circle CI
Integration with Travis CI
Integration with Semaphore
Integration with Weave Scope
Partner integration

Reference guides
Cloud 66 Toolbelt
Understanding manifest files
Server IP addresses and hostnames
Nginx options and variables
Application Environments
Deploy hooks - syntax & commands
Cloud 66 reserved tags
Application resource monitoring
Recommended minimum server sizes
Network security & redirect settings
Understanding ActiveProtect™
Manifest settings for databases
Manifest settings for load balancers
Manifest settings for web components
Understanding server build states
Understanding Application Private Networks
Understanding Cron syntax
Deployment profiles
Understanding Failover Groups

Account management
Manage your account
Setting up Account Notifications
Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA)
Audit log for account activities
Using team accounts
Cloud 66 account protection
Using service accounts
Understanding & improving your Security Score
Browser Requirements
Transferring application ownership
Archiving applications

Resources
Cloud 66 Beta program
Pricing
Cloud 66 Technical specifications
Checking Cloud66 service status
Security summary
Cloud 66 Badge
PCI DSS compliance guide
European data protection compliance
How the Referral Program works

The Basics

getting-started Concepts & Terminology
Defining the concepts and terms used in this documentation
Editing, cloning & deleting apps
Adding, updating & deleting apps
FAQs
Frequently asked questions

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