With latest Rails distribution version 2.3.4, the application deployment process has changed significantly. Now Rails usage the Phusion Passenger^TM for executing rails application. This makes managing an application easier and also reduces the number of steps in deploying new rails application.

Now follow below given steps to make your application working on the hosting server:

• Open a SSH session and go at the folder where you want to create your application.
• Create a rails application using the command: rails <project_name> -d mysql
• Now create an .htaccess file in your <project_name>/public directory with content as given below:

RailsEnv development
PassengerEnabled on
PassengerAppRoot /home/<account_user_name>/<complete_path_to_project_folder>/<project_name>

• Create a text file named “restart.txt” in the <project_name>/tmp folder. This will be used when you need to restart your application. Use the following command to restart your app as required:

touch /home/<account_user_name>/<complete_path_project_folder>/<project_name>/tmp/restart.txt

• Now to access your application from web create symbolic link in your public_html OR subdomain folder as given below:

ln -s /home/<account_user_name>/<complete_path_project_folder>/<project_name>/public /home/<account_user_name>/public_html/<public_app_name>

• Change your database configuration as required.

Now, you should be all right and ready to show your work to the rest of the world! You will be able to access the index page by typing:
http://www.your_domain.com/<public_app_name>

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