The sinatra book has some great deployment documentation that you should review before running your RhoConnect application in production.
You can create RhoConnect production environment on Linux servers by installing software packages for Ubuntu and CentOS respectively. At this moment supported formats are Debian (deb) and Red Hat (rpm) packages.
Every package provides the following components:
Ruby, version 1.9.3
Node.js, version v0.10.x
Nginx HTTP server, release 1.3.x
Thin application server, release 1.5.x
Redis data store, release 2.6.x
Latest RhoConnect gem with all required dependencies
In addition, RPM package provides latest sqlite3 headers and binaries, because standard Cent OS (5.x) libraries for sqlite3 outdated.
Simply use the wget command to download the 4.0 debian package as follows:
sudo wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rhoconnect/packages/deb/rhoconnect_4.0.4_all.deb
You will download the file rhoconnect_4.0.4_all.deb.
Once that is done, it is time to install RhoConnect:
$ sudo dpkg --install rhoconnect_4.0.4_all.deb
If the installation fails, you may need to update your apt-get using sudo apt-get update and you may also have to force the installation of dependencies using sudo apt-get install -f. Any further issues with the installation need to be resolved by the user.
Prerequisites: target Linux server should include CentOS Development tools. To install them, use the this command
$ yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
It will install for you such tools as GNU GCC C/C++ compiler, make and others.
Vanilla CentOS distribution does not include some packages required by RhoConnect installer. To resolve dependencies you might wanted to use Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository and install Python26 out of it.
For example, to enable EPEL repository for CentOS 5.x release execute these commands:
$ wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm $ rpm -i epel-release-5*.rpm $ yum update $ yum install python26
For CentOS 6.x release:
$ wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm $ rpm -i epel-release-6*.rpm $ yum update
Now you can create a file named rhoconnect.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory:
$ sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/rhoconnect.repo
Copy and paste these contents into the file.
[rhoconnect] name=Rhoconnect baseurl=http://rhoconnect.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/rpm enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Note: If you want to get the package with cool new features from the Beta repository, then define baseurl as
baseurl=http://rhoconnect.s3.amazonaws.com/beta-packages/rpmNote: If you want to download the 4.1 version of RhoConnect instead of the 5.0 version, You’ll need to manually download that here.
Once that is done, it is time to install RhoConnect:
$ sudo yum install rhoconnect
Installer also created and configured RhoConnect rhoapp application in /opt/nginx/html directory. To test it you need to as a root user start redis, thin, and nginx servers:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/redis start $ sudo /etc/init.d/thin start $ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start
And verify that it’s up and running by visiting application web console in your browser:
http://servername
Installer compiled and configured Nginx as reverse proxy web server (/opt/nginx) with the following settings:
Nginx start-up script (/etc/init.d/nginx)
Nginx logrotate settings (/etc/logrotate.d/nginx)
Nginx configuration file (/opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf)
virtual host template for rhoconnect application (/opt/nginx/conf/conf.d/rhoconnect.conf)
Installer also configured Thin app server with the following configuration files:
Thin start-up script (/etc/init.d/thin)
Thin configuration file (/etc/thin/rhoapp.yml)
Default setup of Nginx server is to deal with back-end servers (called “upstreams”) that are running on UNIX domain sockets:
# /opt/nginx/conf/conf.d/rhoconnect.conf file
upstream thin_cluster {
least_conn;
server unix:/tmp/thin.0.sock;
server unix:/tmp/thin.1.sock;
# Add additional copies if need more Thin servers
#server unix:/tmp/thin.2.sock;
#server unix:/tmp/thin.3.sock;
}
server {
listen 80;
# Be sure to point to 'public' folder of your application!
root /opt/nginx/html/rhoapp/public;
# ...
}
Thin application server runs as a cluster with /etc/thin/rhoapp.yml configuration file:
--- chdir: /opt/nginx/html/rhoapp environment: production timeout: 30 log: /var/log/thin/thin.log pid: /var/run/thin/thin.pid max_conns: 1024 max_persistent_conns: 512 require: [] wait: 30 socket: /tmp/thin.sock servers: 2 daemonize: true
Configuration file is generated by this command:
$ thin config -C /etc/thin/rhoapp.yml -c /opt/nginx/html/rhoapp/ --socket /tmp/thin.sock --servers 2 --log /var/log/thin/thin.log --pid /var/run/thin/thin.pid -e production
Packaged software does not setup automatically path to installed ruby bins and gems, so you need do it manually. Add necessary bins to the path(s) of the users who will be using this software. You may also wish to add these items
to your bash scripts (i.e. ~/.profile on Ubuntu; ~/.bash_profile on CentOS) to automatically add them upon login.
export PATH=/opt/rhoconnect/bin:$PATH
To deploy and develop your rhoconnect app on nginx and thin servers
a) Copy your rhoconnect project (lets name it as your_rhoconnect_app) to default location to /opt/nginx/html directory
b) Set up for it nginx owner
$ cd /opt/nginx/html $ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx your_rhoconnect_app/
c) Make sure that your app is bundled properly
$ cd your_rhoconnect_app $ sudo /opt/rhoconnect/bin/bundle install
d) Configure Nginx virtual host for your rhoconnect application. For that edit the file
/opt/nginx/conf/conf.d/rhoconnect.conf, so that it reflects your specifications (root directive)
# ...
server {
listen 80;
# Be sure your app have 'public' folder and root directive
# point to it!
root /opt/nginx/html/your_rhoconnect_app/public;
# ...
}
e) Edit Thin /etc/thin/rhoapp.yml configuration file directly
--- chdir: /opt/nginx/html/your_rhoconnect_app # ...
or as root user generate a new one
$ env PATH=/opt/rhoconnect/bin:$PATH thin config -C /etc/thin/your_rhoconnect_app.yml \ -c /opt/nginx/html/your_rhoconnect_app/ \ --socket /tmp/thin.sock --servers 2 --log /var/log/thin/thin.log \ --user nginx --group nginx \ --pid /var/run/thin/thin.pid -e production
f) As root user restart Thin, and Nginx servers
/etc/init.d/thin restart /etc/init.d/nginx restart
Note: Deploying multiple RhoConnect apps on nginx has not yet been tested. Perform these steps only if you are experienced with nginx.
To deploy and develop two RhoConnect applications on nginx and thin servers, refer to the nginx documentation on nginx server blocks to see how to configure an nginx sever for multiple host names.
For each RhoConnect app, you need to set up its own redis instance. Refer to the redis quick start documentation.
If you have questions on setting this up, contact your system administrator.
For monitoring and troubleshooting purposes visit web console of your app and look at log files in /opt/nginx/logs.
Also you can use RhoConnect /opt/nginx/html/rhoapp application as a template and modify it as you wanted.
Note: You should pay attentions to situations, if you have already Ruby installed on system level. Avoid usage of system gems in your application. It might lead to unpredictable results, if ruby versions are different. Either set up path to RhoConnect binaries for root user, or install required gems as
sudo /opt/rhoconnect/bin/gem install gem_name
A SSL certificate is a way to encrypt a site’s information and create a more secure connection. This chapter will take you through generating a self-signed certificate to use with Nginx.
The SSL certificate has 2 main parts: the certificate itself and the public key. To make all of the relevant files easy to access, you should create a directory to store them in:
$ sudo mkdir /opt/nginx/ssl
We will perform the next few steps within the directory:
$ cd /opt/nginx/ssl
Start by creating the private server key. During this process, you will be asked to enter a specific passphrase. Be sure to note this phrase carefully, if you forget it or lose it, you will not be able to access the certificate.
$ openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024 Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus ..........++++++ ..................++++++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Enter pass phrase for server.key: Verifying - Enter pass phrase for server.key:
Follow up by creating a certificate signing request:
$ openssl req -new -key server.key -out server.csr
This command will prompt terminal to display a lists of fields that need to be filled in. The most important line is “Common Name”. Enter your official domain name here or, if you don’t have one yet, your site’s IP address. Leave the challenge password and optional company name blank.
Enter pass phrase for server.key: You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:YOUR_COUNTRY State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:YOUR_STATE Locality Name (eg, city) []:YOUR_CITY Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:YOUR_COMPANY Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:YOUR_UNIT Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:YOUR_DOMAINNAME_HERE Email Address []:YOUR_EMAIL Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []: An optional company name []:
We are almost finished creating the certificate. However, it would serve us to remove the passphrase. Although having the passphrase in place does provide heightened security, the issue starts when one tries to reload nginx. In the event that nginx crashes or needs to reboot, you will always have to re-enter your passphrase to get your entire web server back online.
Use these commands to remove the password: :::term $ cp server.key server.key.org $ openssl rsa -in server.key.org -out server.key
Your certificate is all but done, and you just have to sign it.
Keep in mind that you can specify how long the certificate should remain valid by changing the 365 to the number of days you prefer. As it stands this certificate will expire after one year.
$ openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt Signature ok subject= ... Getting Private key
Now we have all of the required components of the finished certificate. The next thing to do is to set up the virtual host to serve your domain from HTTS connection.
Update existing Nginx /opt/nginx/conf/conf.d/https_rhoconnect.conf configuration file by including the newly signed certificate and private key:
upstream thin_cluster { # ... } # HTTPS server server { listen 443; server_name YOUR_DOMAINNAME_HERE; root /opt/nginx/html/#{app_name}/public; location / { # ... proxy_pass http://thin_cluster; } ssl on; ssl_certificate /opt/nginx/ssl/server.crt; ssl_certificate_key /opt/nginx/ssl/server.key; }
Restart nginx:
$ /etc/init.d/nginx restart
Now we’re ready to access the above host using:
https://YOUR_DOMAINNAME_HERE
RhoConnect Redis is a packaged Redis server for RhoConnect development and production environment on Linux servers. rhoconnect-redis package might be useful if you want to deploy Redis on separate server.
The package compiles from sources latest stable Redis release (2.4.15) and installs it to /opt/rhoconnect directory with the following settings:
Redis server configuration file (/opt/rhoconnect/etc/redis.conf)
log files located in /var/log/redis directory
start-up scripts in /etc/init and /etc/init.d directories
Add the following line to the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list.
deb http://rhoconnect-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/deb rhoconnect-repo main
Then update the repo list and install RhoConnect Redis.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install rhoconnect-redis
When Redis server is successfully installed, start it using the following command.
$ sudo start rhoconnect-redis
Create a file named rhoconnect-repo.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/rhoconnect-repo.repo
Copy and paste these contents into the file.
[rhoconnect-redis] name=Rhoconnect Redis baseurl=http://rhoconnect-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/rpm enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Once that is done, install the RhoConnect Push service.
$ sudo yum install rhoconnect-redis
You can start a redis server using the following command.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/redis start
You can create a RhoConnect Push production environment on Linux servers by installing prepackaged software for Ubuntu (12.x) and CentOS (5.x/6.x). In a few clicks, you will have installed on your Linux server.
Node.js with Npm package manager
RhoConnect Push service
Upstart script to start, stop, and control Push service (for Ubuntu and CentOS 6.x)
/etc/init.d/rhoconnect-push init script to start, stop, and restart Push service (CentOS 5.x)
Prerequisites:
* Python 2.6 or 2.7
Add the following line to the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list.
deb http://rhoconnect-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/deb rhoconnect-repo main
Then update the repo list and install RhoConnect Push.
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install rhoconnect-push
Node.js requires python 2.6 which is not available for CentOS 5 stock version. For this flavor of linux you need to manually install EPEL repo and install python26 RPM out of it:
$ wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/x86_64/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm $ rpm -i epel-release-5*.rpm $ yum install python26
Now create a file named rhoconnect-repo.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory.
$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/rhoconnect-repo.repo
Copy and paste the following contents into the file.
[rhoconnect-push] name=Rhoconnect Push Service baseurl=http://rhoconnect-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/packages/rpm enabled=1 gpgcheck=0
Once that is done, install the RhoConnect Push service.
$ sudo yum install rhoconnect-push
In JRuby environment, there is an option to create the WAR container for the RhoConnect app and deploy it into the J2EE App Server. (see the corresponding ‘rake’ task for creating the WAR containers). Deploying the WAR container varies per J2EE App Server, for JBoss it is necessary to place the WAR file into the server’s deploy directory.
To successfully deploy warbler package on Tomcat you need to make rhoconnect app be the default app. There are a few ways to reach this goal and we describe only a couple of them.
1) Stop Tomcat shutdown.sh
2) Delete the ROOT directory under $CATALINA_BASE/webapps
3) Name your war file as ROOT.war (capitals mandatory)
4) Drop the ROOT.war file directly in the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory
5) Start Tomcat startup.sh
1) Stop Tomcat
2) Copy your war file in $CATALINA_BASE/webapps, under its original name
3) Turn off autoDeploy and deployOnStartup in your Host element in the server.xml file.
4) Explicitly define your application context in server.xml, specifying both path (must be empty!) and docBase.
<Host name="localhost" appBase="webapps" unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false" deployOnStartup="false"> <!-- ... --> <Context docBase="your-app.war" path=""/> <!-- ... --> </Host>
5) Start Tomcat
Rhoconnect version >= 3.4
Create your Rhoconnect app and make sure that it’s up and running in your development environment using thin:
$ cd your_rhoconnect_app $ bundle exec thin start
Heroku uses git as its deployment interface. To create and deploy your application on Heroku, use the the following steps:
$ git init $ git add . $ git commit -m 'initial commit' $ heroku create --buildpack=https://github.com/rhomobile/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git $ heroku addons:add redistogo:nano $ git push heroku master $ heroku open
Use heroku ps to determine the number of processes that are executing.
Use heroku logs to view an aggregated list of log messages from all process types.
$ heroku ps $ heroku logs
If you have a rhodes client and want to sync it with your rhoconnect app on Heroku, then set the proper syncserver URL in rhoconfig.txt:
syncserver = 'https://<your-heroku-app-here>.herokuapp.com'