Deploying a sample Ruby on Rails app to Cloud Foundry
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Learn how you can deploy a sample Ruby on Rails app to Cloud Foundry.
Prerequisites
In order to deploy a sample Ruby on Rails app, you must have the following:
- Cloud Foundry deployment
- Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface
- Cloud Foundry username and password with Space Developer permissions. See your Org Manager if you require permissions.
Step 1: Clone the app
Run the following command to create a local copy of the cf-sample-app-rails.
$ git clone https://github.com/cloudfoundry-samples/cf-sample-app-rails.git
The newly created directory contains a manifest.yml
file, which assists CF with deploying the app.
See Deploying with Application Manifests for more information.
Step 2: Log in and target the API endpoint
Run the following command to log in and target the API endpoint of your deployment. For more information, see Identifying your Cloud Foundry API Endpoint and Version.
$ cf login -a YOUR-API-ENDPOINT
Use your credentials to log in, and select a Space and Org.
Step 3: Create a service instance
Run the following command to create a PostgreSQL service instance for the sample app.
Our service instance is rails-postgres
. It uses the postgresql-10-odb
service and the standalone
plan.
For more information about the postgresql-10-odb
service, see Crunchy PostgreSQL.
$ cf create-service postgresql-10-odb standalone rails-postgres
Creating service rails-postgres in org YOUR-ORG / space development as clouduser@example.com....
OK
Step 4: Deploy the app
Verify that you are in the cf-sample-app-rails
directory. Run the following command to deploy the app:
$ cf push cf-sample-app-rails
cf push cf-sample-app-rails
creates a URL route to your application in the form HOST.DOMAIN.
In this example, HOST is cf-sample-app-rails. Administrators specify the DOMAIN.
For example, for the DOMAIN shared-domain.example.com
, running cf push cf-sample-app-rails
creates the URL cf-sample-app-rails.shared-domain.example.com
.
The following example shows the output when you deploy the cf-sample-app-rails
. cf push
uses the instructions in the manifest file to
create the app, create and bind the route, and upload the app. It then follows the information in the
manifest file to start one instance of the app with 256M of RAM. After the app starts, the output displays
the health and status of the app.
$ cf push cf-sample-app-rails Using manifest file ~/workspace/cf-sample-app-rails/manifest.yml Creating app cf-sample-app-rails in org my-rog / space dev as [email protected]... OK Creating route cf-sample-app-rails.cfapps.io... OK Binding cf-sample-app-rails.cfapps.io to cf-sample-app-rails... OK Uploading cf-sample-app-rails... Uploading app files from: ~/workspace/cf-sample-app-rails Uploading 746.6K, 136 files Done uploading OK Starting app cf-sample-app-rails in org my-org / space dev as [email protected]... . . . 0 of 1 instances running, 1 starting 1 of 1 instances running App started OK App cf-sample-app-rails was started using this command `bundle exec rails server -p $PORT` Showing health and status for app cf-sample-app-rails in org my-org / space dev as [email protected]... OK requested state: started instances: 1/1 usage: 512M x 1 instances urls: cf-sample-app-rails.cfapps.io last uploaded: Wed 17 Jul 22:57:04 UTC 2024 stack: cflinuxfs3 buildpack: ruby state since cpu memory disk logging cpu entitlement details #0 running 2024-07-17T22:57:22Z 0.3% 49.5M of 512M 130.2M of 1G 0B/s of 16K/s 2.4%
If you want to view log activity while the app deploys, launch a new terminal
window and run cf logs cf-sample-app-rails
.
Step 5: Binding the service instance
- Run the following command to bind the service instance to the sample app. Once bound, environment variables are stored that allow the app to connect to the service after a
cf push
,cf restage
, orcf restart
command.
$ cf bind-service cf-sample-app-rails rails-postgres Binding service rails-postgres to app cf-sample-app-rails in org my-org / space dev OK TIP: Use 'cf restage cf-sample-app-rails' to ensure your env variable changes take effect.
Run the following command to restage the sample app.
$ cf restage cf-sample-app-rails
Run the following command to verify the service instance is bound to the sample app.
$ cf services Getting services in org my-org / space dev OK name service plan bound apps last operation rails-postgres postgresql-10-odb standalone cf-sample-app-rails create succeeded
Step 6: Verify the app
Verify that the app is running by going to the URL generated in the output of the previous step.
In this example, go to cf-sample-app-rails.shared-domain.example.com
to verify that the app is running.
For more information about this topic, see Pushing an App.
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