The simple test app with activerecord and grape as REST framework.

Deployment Notes

Engine Yard

• Create account, point to GitHub repo (or any git server).
• Booting of 500 min free instance really slow 5 min+.
• SSH key for GitHub repo, and optional key for connecting to the server over SSH.
• Git repo server can be anywhere, but needs to support SSH.
• Mostly interaction with Engine Yard web interface.
  • Deploying of Git Ref default to HEAD.
  • rake db:migrate can be optionally used with the deployment.
• Postgres infered and created by including 'pg' gem in Gemfile.
  • The credentials used for db is unknown, unsure if it is using from database.yml
  • There is no interface for getting to the db.
  • By default is backing up db every 24 hours and keep them for 10 days.
• Uses Passenger 3 as App Server.
• Supports Ruby (jRuby), PHP and node.js
• Supports MySql, postgesql and mongodb databases.
• Domain DNS can be entered for app.

Heroku

• Crete account, install gem heroku.
• In local folder (may or may not be existing git repo) run heroku create.
• Creates repo if there was none, to existing repo adds remote to the heroku git repo.
• Has its own Git server, but it can link only to GitHub.
• Interaction is mostly CLI based:
  • Deploying is by pushing
  • heroku rake db:migrate
• Postgres is default db.
  • Creates random db, user, pass, doesn't use database.yml.
  • There is a web interface for getting db details.
  • By default there is no backup, but there is an Add-on that can be attached.
  • postgres web interface has feature 'Data Clips', as queries that can be stored and executed.
• Supports Ruby, Python, Java, Scala. node.js, clojure.
• Supports postgresql and mongodb databases.
• Domain DNS can be entered for app.
  • Also available jRuby support.
• Interesting reading
• The Heroku Hacker's Guide 10$ ebook, ultimate guide for deploying on Heroku.