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Deploying to Alwaysdata

This guide provides instructions for deploying your PropertyWebBuilder application to Alwaysdata.

Prerequisites

  • An Alwaysdata account.
  • Your application code pushed to a Git repository (e.g., GitHub).
  • SSH access to your Alwaysdata account.

1. Set Up the Site in Alwaysdata

  1. Log in to your Alwaysdata administration panel.
  2. Navigate to Web > Sites.
  3. Click Add a Site.
  4. Choose Ruby Rack as the type.
  5. Set the Application Path to the directory where your application's config.ru file will be located (e.g., /home/your-account/www/pwb).
  6. Under the Configuration section, check the Use Bundler option.
  7. Define your application's Environment (e.g., production).
  8. Save the site configuration.

2. Deploy Your Application Code

  1. Connect to your Alwaysdata account via SSH.
  2. Navigate to the directory you specified as the application path (e.g., cd ~/www/pwb).
  3. Clone your application's repository into this directory: 
    git clone https://github.com/your-username/propertywebbuilder.git .
  4. Install the dependencies using Bundler: 
    bundle install

3. Configure the Database

  1. In the Alwaysdata admin panel, navigate to Databases > PostgreSQL.
  2. Create a new PostgreSQL database and a user for your application.
  3. Note the database name, username, password, and host.
  4. Go back to the Web > Sites section and select your application.
  5. Under the Environment Variables section, add a new variable DATABASE_URL with the following format: 
    postgresql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST/DATABASE_NAME
  6. Also, add your RAILS_MASTER_KEY as another environment variable.

4. Run Database Migrations

  1. Connect to your Alwaysdata account via SSH.
  2. Navigate to your application directory.
  3. Run the Rails database migrations: 
    RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrate

5. Final Steps

  1. In the Alwaysdata panel, go to Web > Sites and restart your application for the changes to take effect.
  2. Your application should now be live at the address provided by Alwaysdata.