Create RPM For Your Rails Application

April 29th, 2007

Now you can create RPM package for your Rails application fairly easily. Here are the instructions:

  1. Install and config rpmbuild. (You may wanna read an RPM Tutorial.)
  2. Install rpmpackager plugin:
    ruby script/plugin install \
http://rubyworks.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/rpmpackager/
  3. Config rpmpackager plugin. Edit vendor/plugins/rpmpackager/config.yml as following:
    configuration:
  # name of your application
  app_name: rubyworks-dogfood
  description: This is dogfood of RubyWorks.
  license: Apache
  version: 1.2.1
  release: 1
  # RPM dependencies. separated with commas
  dependencies: openssl, mysql >= 5.0
  # gem dependencies and installation indecies
  # 0 for gems don't need selection
  gems: 
    redcloth: 0
    rcov: 1
  4. Create RPM package:
    • rake rpm_package
    • (By default the generated RPM will install your application to ”/usr/local/lib/rails-apps/#{app_name}”.)

That’s it. Package your application and throw it to deployment :>

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