Comments on: Capistrano & EC2 Sitting in a Tree, K I S S I N G http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:42:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Grimes http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2129 John Grimes Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:13:12 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2129 I have just started recently playing with EC2, and the way that I am handling the impermanence issue is by creating an EBS persistent data block. The cost of storing data in this way actually seems to be a bit cheaper than S3 at 0.10 per GB-month vs 0.15 for S3. I then mount the EBS block onto /vol on my instance and create an ext3 filesystem on it. I moved my Apache document root, sites-enabled and sites-available directories to /vol/www where they live alongside site directories. All I needed to change in apache2.conf was the Include statement for sites-enabled which needed to be changed from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled to /vol/www/sites-enabled. I then moved my PostgreSQL data directory to /vol/data, updating my postgresql.conf file to reflect the new data directory location. I am almost certain that it is very similar to do this with MySQL. Way easier than I thought it would be! By the way I am using the new Ubuntu Server Edition for EC2 beta. I have just started recently playing with EC2, and the way that I am handling the impermanence issue is by creating an EBS persistent data block. The cost of storing data in this way actually seems to be a bit cheaper than S3 at 0.10 per GB-month vs 0.15 for S3.

I then mount the EBS block onto /vol on my instance and create an ext3 filesystem on it.

I moved my Apache document root, sites-enabled and sites-available directories to /vol/www where they live alongside site directories. All I needed to change in apache2.conf was the Include statement for sites-enabled which needed to be changed from /etc/apache2/sites-enabled to /vol/www/sites-enabled.

I then moved my PostgreSQL data directory to /vol/data, updating my postgresql.conf file to reflect the new data directory location. I am almost certain that it is very similar to do this with MySQL.

Way easier than I thought it would be!

By the way I am using the new Ubuntu Server Edition for EC2 beta.

]]> By: mikhailov http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2121 mikhailov Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:49:51 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2121 http://www.railsgeek.com/2009/1/29/amazon-aws-ec2-rails-all-in-one As you may know, standard template “Amazon EC2 Rails-All-in-one-trial” by Amazon AWS is not good… yeap, it is. Let me show you how fix it by your hads :) Let’s start. We have a useful EC2 based on CentOS 5.2. Great enterprise linux for the Rails application. But Ruby 1.8.5 on aboard, it’s deeply out-of-date… http://rubyonrails.org/download We recommend Ruby 1.8.7 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.5, 1.8.4 and 1.8.2 are still usable too, but version 1.8.3 is not. http://www.railsgeek.com/2009/1/29/amazon-aws-ec2-rails-all-in-one
As you may know, standard template “Amazon EC2 Rails-All-in-one-trial” by Amazon AWS is not good… yeap, it is. Let me show you how fix it by your hads :)

Let’s start. We have a useful EC2 based on CentOS 5.2. Great enterprise linux for the Rails application. But Ruby 1.8.5 on aboard, it’s deeply out-of-date…

http://rubyonrails.org/download We recommend Ruby 1.8.7 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.5, 1.8.4 and 1.8.2 are still usable too, but version 1.8.3 is not.

]]> By: Xnot.org » Blog Archive » Using Capistrano with EC2 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2118 Xnot.org » Blog Archive » Using Capistrano with EC2 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:23:45 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2118 [...] has long been known that capistrano is borked when using EC2 because it requires the public [...] [...] has long been known that capistrano is borked when using EC2 because it requires the public [...]

]]> By: Matt http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2103 Matt Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:32:54 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2103 What do you guys think of this?... http://ec2onrails.rubyforge.org/ What do you guys think of this?…
http://ec2onrails.rubyforge.org/

]]> By: steveodom http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2096 steveodom Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:16:47 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2096 Hi Chris, I haven't done much on this in a while and don't have plans to continue supporting it. I'd suggest trying some of the other plugins and gems. Here's a new one: http://simplygenius.com/geekblog/2008/01/28/deploying-rails-apps-to-ec2-with-capistrano/#more-43 Others include capazon and Paul Dowman's project: http://pauldowman.com/projects/ruby-on-rails-ec2/ Hope that helps. Steve Hi Chris,

I haven’t done much on this in a while and don’t have plans to continue supporting it. I’d suggest trying some of the other plugins and gems. Here’s a new one:

http://simplygenius.com/geekblog/2008/01/28/deploying-rails-apps-to-ec2-with-capistrano/#more-43

Others include capazon and Paul Dowman’s project:
http://pauldowman.com/projects/ruby-on-rails-ec2/

Hope that helps.

Steve

]]> By: Chris Anderson http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2095 Chris Anderson Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:30:51 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2095 It looks like your ec2.rake deploy.rb etc links are all giving access denied errors. Hopefully I can find another copy out there on the web somewhere, because I've got some AMIs to boot! Thanks for putting this together, it looks like exactly what I need. It looks like your ec2.rake deploy.rb etc links are all giving access denied errors.

Hopefully I can find another copy out there on the web somewhere, because I’ve got some AMIs to boot!

Thanks for putting this together, it looks like exactly what I need.

]]> By: A Fresh Cup » Blog Archive » Double Shot #5 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2067 A Fresh Cup » Blog Archive » Double Shot #5 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:33:25 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-2067 [...] Capistrano & EC2 Sitting in a Tree, K I S S I N G includes Rake tasks and a Capistrano deployment file to make pushing a Rails application up to Amazon EC2 servers simple. Looks like a nice automated solution for scaleable rollouts. [...] [...] Capistrano & EC2 Sitting in a Tree, K I S S I N G includes Rake tasks and a Capistrano deployment file to make pushing a Rails application up to Amazon EC2 servers simple. Looks like a nice automated solution for scaleable rollouts. [...]

]]> By: Mighty Linuxz » EC2 & Capistrano Sitting in a Tree, K I S S I N G http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1910 Mighty Linuxz » EC2 & Capistrano Sitting in a Tree, K I S S I N G Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:56:49 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1910 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: steveodom http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1662 steveodom Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:05:35 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1662 Larry, thanks for the heads up and the nice comments. Great looking site. Larry, thanks for the heads up and the nice comments. Great looking site.

]]> By: Larry http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1661 Larry Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:53:52 +0000 http://niblets.wordpress.com/2007/02/12/capistrano-ec2-sitting-in-a-tree-k-i-s-s-i-n-g/#comment-1661 Hey, Good work on what you have built. We currently run our entire web site on EC2/S3. We have about a million downloads a month and growing. We had 16TB of data sent out from EC2 last month. We do the same thing as you except we do mysql dumps to s3 every 2 hours. The main reason I am commenting is to ward you away from s3infinidisk. We purchased 2 copies of s3dfs (infinidisk) in the spring and the support was horrible. I gave the owner of it many bugs and he always said there were fixes coming but then nothing. Eventually he just stopped responding to me. $2K down the drain. We have done price comparisons on what we are saving not using a co-lo and I have to say we are doing great. Thanks for keeping the good word out on this great service! Larry Hey,

Good work on what you have built. We currently run our entire web site on EC2/S3. We have about a million downloads a month and growing. We had 16TB of data sent out from EC2 last month.

We do the same thing as you except we do mysql dumps to s3 every 2 hours. The main reason I am commenting is to ward you away from s3infinidisk. We purchased 2 copies of s3dfs (infinidisk) in the spring and the support was horrible. I gave the owner of it many bugs and he always said there were fixes coming but then nothing. Eventually he just stopped responding to me. $2K down the drain.

We have done price comparisons on what we are saving not using a co-lo and I have to say we are doing great.

Thanks for keeping the good word out on this great service!

Larry

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