TurnKey Ruby on Rails is an extremely easy way to get up and running with the Ruby on Rails Web framework in just a couple of minutes. It's a pre-integrated turnkey server based on Ubuntu that is packaged as a Live CD image capable of supporting installations on both physical and virtual machines, including VMWare, Xen, VirtualBox, and KVM. It features a small footprint, automatic security updates, a rich Web administration interface, and an easy to use configuration and installation console. It includes an example Rails site.
| Tags | Software Development Libraries Application Frameworks Operating Systems Linux Distributions CD-Based Installation/Setup Internet Web HTTP Servers Dynamic Content |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
Recent releases


Changes: Ruby on Rails was upgraded to 2.3.2. Gems were upgraded. A bug that prevented Apache from proxying requests to the mongrel cluster was fixed. The Rails password and secret generation mechanism was improved. Database password is now randomly regenerated during installation.


Changes: The example Rails application was reconfigured for ease of use. The distribution was rebuilt on top of TurnKey Core, the new common base for all software appliances, which is assembled from Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS packages. A bug in the daily auto-updates mechanism was fixed. Significant usability and security enhancements were made, including confconsole support for systems with multiple NICs, password-free login in demo mode, SSL support, database password setting during installation, no passwords in demo mode, the inclusion of many generically useful Webmin modules, and improved embedded documentation.


No changes have been submitted for this release.