Deploying and Monitoring Ruby on Rails

Deploying and managing a Rails application is not a trivial task, especially for people coming from the Java or PHP world. Many different options like JRuby, Mongrel, FastCGI or Nginx are difficult to evaluate without a deep understanding of the Rails application setup and on overview of those technologies. Besides having an easy and fast deployment method, knowing what your app is doing and how much resources it is using is essential.

During this tutorial the different deployment and monitoring options will be introduced and demoed. Monitoring application components and system-level performance are both part of the covered monitoring best practices. Further, common deployment tools like Capistrano/Webistrano or JRuby/WAR will be tested and applied by the participants. After the tutorial, participants should know what deployment and monitoring options suit their needs best and how best patterns apply to their application.