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Intro to Docker on Windows

#72 Mar 19, 2017 free

Developing a Ruby on Rails application on Windows can be difficult, but doesn't have to be with Docker. Learn how to use Docker to create isolated containers and get them to talk with the Rails app and passed through to the local computer.

rails development deployment

Deploying with MRSK

#391 Mar 5, 2023 free

Kamal (MRSK) deploys web apps anywhere from bare metal to cloud VMs using Docker with zero downtime. In this episode, we will set up a Digital Ocean infrastructure with a Load Balancer, Virtual Machines, and a PostgreSQL database. We'll use Kamal (MRSK) to provision and deploy our Rails application to the Virtual Machines.

rails deployment deploy

Self Hosted App

#543 Jan 4, 2026 free

In this episode, we'll go from a fresh Rails 8 application and a newly provisioned Raspberry Pi to deploying the application on the PI. We'll also set up a domain to point to this application and put in place geo restrictions to help prevent unwanted access.

rails kamal deployment cloudflare

Kamal Database Backups

#485 Dec 1, 2024 free

In this episode, we look at some precautions we can take with our production environment and setup recurring backups for the database.

rails deployment kamal

Automate Rake Tasks

#365 Sep 4, 2022 free

When rake tasks need to be part of a deployment, you could find yourself in a situation where the rake task was forgotten about or have to go through the process of shelling into the environment to execute the tasks. In this episode, we look at addressing these issues by creating a way to have rake tasks execute automatically.

rails tasks deployment

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