We use the whenever gem to automatically update the crontab of the servers we deploy to. By default, whenever will...
A recent patch level Ruby update caused troubles to some of us as applications started to complain about incompatible gem...
If you use webpacker in your Rails application, and you have completely disabled Sprockets, you might get the following error...
Capistrano automatically logs each (successful) deployment into a file on your application servers. It is located at the root of...
webpack is a very powerful asset bundler written in node.js to bundle (ES6) JavaScript modules, stylesheets, images, and other assets...
When deploying with capistrano it's possible you get this "error" message: *** [err :: example.com] There are no Phusion Passenger-served...
This is a short overview of things that are required to upgrade a project from the Asset Pipeline to Webpacker...
While deploying an Ruby update to an old application these days, we encountered the following misleading error: *** [err :: some-host.makandra.de] You...
Remember How to skip Sprockets asset compile during Capistrano deployment and Automatically skipping asset compilation when assets have not changed...
Font Awesome 5 is a comprehensive solution for vector icons on your website. Originally, Font Awesome came as an icon...
Phusion Passenger changed the way how it gets restarted several times. Through the project's history, these all were valid...
In this example we assume that not only the storage gem changes but also the file structure on disc.
Just like Ruby Gems tag their version releases to the corresponding Git commit, it can be helpful to track production...
In medium-sized to large Rails applications, asset compilation can take several minutes. In order to speed up deployment, asset...
When your application is running on a multi-server setup, application logs are stored per server (unless you choose a...
By default, Capistrano truncates server responses and places an ellipsis at the end of lines that are longer than your...
For applications coming with lots of stylesheets and scripts, asset compilation might take quite long. This can be annoying when...
Understanding your type of cronjob Some cronjobs must only run on a single server. E.g. when you run nightly batch...
Capistrano has the concept of a "rollback" that comes in really handy in case of errors. When you notice that...
When you have a multi-server setup, you'll be adding a new server from time to time. Before doing...
By default Middleman generates files with a .html extension. Because of this all your URLs end in /foo.html instead of...
Middleman is a static page generator that brings many of the goodies that Rails developers are used to.
Sometimes, through some firewall or proxy misconfiguration, you might have to deploy to a server that cannot access the git...
Looks like ActiveState is trying to market a new Ruby distribution for Enterprises: ActiveRuby Enterprise Edition is designed for businesses...