0 2009-06-03T00:21:56-04:00 29 true <p>The solution I am using for deploying a Sinatra app that runs on Thin and Rack on Webfaction, without Capistrano or Git, just using Rsync and Rake. </p> <ol> <li> <h2>Create the application:</h2> <code><pre>myapp config config.ru config.yml db migrate rake migration files myapp.sqlite3.db myapp.rb lib models public stylesheets images javascripts Rakefile tmp/ views layout.erb myview.erb</pre</code></li> <li>In the Wefaction Control Panel, create a custom application listening on port, get the port number, needed for config files. Create a domain. Create a website that links a domain to the application. Do a <a href='https://help.webfaction.com/89'>custom Ruby install</a>. Install any necessary gems (eg Thin, Rack, ActiveRecord, whatever).</li> <li> Set up the config files and a Rakefile: <h3>config.ru</h3> <script src="http://gist.github.com/122785.js"></script> <h3>config.yml</h3> <script src="http://gist.github.com/122784.js"></script> <h3>Rakefile</h3> <script src="http://gist.github.com/122786.js"></script> <li>To deploy the site, rake deploy. </li> </ol> 2009-06-03T00:49:02-04:00