ASOwiki: SetupRails2

Here's how I setup a new rails 2.1.0 app on my shared ASO account.

1. Use CPanel to create a new rails app
Make sure to change the install directory to /home/<yourusername>/<appname>

2. SSH into your ASO account
If you don't have SSH access you need to fill out a support ticket with ASO

3. Go into your new application's public/ directory

4. Create and edit the .htaccess file

vim .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]

5. Go back to application route directory

cd ..

6. Configure your database.yml (for database connections)
We are using mysql in this example

vim config/database.yml


development:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: databasename
  username: username
  password: password
  hostname: servername

test:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: test_databasename
  username: username
  password: password
  hostname: servername

production:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: prod_databasename
  username: username
  password: password
  hostname: servername

7. Create your first model (this will also generate your migration file)
Pay attention to capitalization and singularity

script/generate model User

8. Edit the migration for this mode

vim db/migrate/migrationname.rb

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
	create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
	  t.column :login,                     :string
	  t.column :email,                     :string
	  t.column :created_at,                :datetime
	  t.column :updated_at,                :datetime
	end
  end

  def self.down
	drop_table "users"
  end
end

9. Attempt to migrate your code (create the tables in the database

rake db:migrate

10. Now create your first controller

script/generate controller user

You can also predefine the list action. This will create the necessary view as well

script/generate controller user list

11. Now set the user controller and list action as your default action.
First remove public/index.html

Uncomment the map.root line in routes.rb

vim config/routes.rb

  # You can have the root of your site routed with map.root -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
  map.root :controller => "user", :action => "list

  # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes"

  # Install the default routes as the lowest priority.
  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'
  map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format'

12. You should be all set, now go learn Rails!