Ruby on Rails stack - FiveRuns Install Ruby on Rails stack and documentation

FiveRuns Install is now BitNami RubyStack, a free Ruby on Rails stack powered by BitRock, that is a fast, easy and reliable way to start developing and deploying great Rails applications.



As a Ruby on Rails developer, if you had to choose between developing and tuning up your app or maintaining your Ruby on Rails stack, which would you pick?

Configuring a full-featured Ruby on Rails stack including popular libraries and dependencies is not a trivial task for even experienced developers. Version numbers change regularly. Conflicts arise. You lose precious and costly development time.

Let FiveRuns and Bitrock help shoulder the burden. The BitNami RubyStack includes the most in-demand components, core libraries and operating system support to provide a solid production-class Ruby on Rails environment ready for developers and IT professionals.

And now, RubyStack includes FiveRuns TuneUp, providing a complete environment for developers to setup and optimize the performance of their Rails applications.


Install Ruby on Rails

Simply launch RubyStack , select your environment, and with a few clicks you’ll be ready with a Ruby on Rails stack tuned for either development or production. Then, simply install the FiveRuns TuneUp plugin in your Rails application and have instant access to detailed profiling metrics whenever you need them. Be up and running with TuneUp in less than a minute.

Starting Points

BitNami RubyStack provides a fast, easy way to get everything you need to develop and deploy Ruby on Rails applications. RubyStack includes Ruby, Subversion, MySQL, SQLite, ImageMagick and several Ruby Gems, and will optionally install Apache 2.2 with rewrite and proxy support. RubyStack is free for use under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. and will save you time required to download, install and configure your own Ruby on Rails development environment.

Ask Us Anything

If you have a question about RubyStack just visit the BitNami RubyStack forums.

Open Source Inside

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack MVC framework for database-backed web applications that is optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.

The BitNami RubyStack is an installer that greatly simplifies the installation of Ruby on Rails and its runtime dependencies. It includes ready-to-run versions of Ruby, Rails, MySQL and Subversion. And now, with FiveRuns TuneUp, RubyStack provides a complete environment for Rails developers. RubyStack is distributed for free under the Apache 2.0 license and has been packaged using BitRock's multiplatform installer.

For a complete list of included components and supported operating systems, please visit the BitNami site at http://bitnami.org/stack/rubystack.

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