Questions/Topics for May cardiffrb

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Lets face it; deploying Ruby applications is not the easiest thing to deal with. It's great if you use Heroku, or you have one or two apps on one server. But what happens when you want to run multiple apps, servers and Ruby versions.

There's not a great amount of support for deb/rpms, and RVM essentially builds from source.

@mattwillsh has offered to come and discuss the issue with us, so should make for some heated debates!

Join us @cardiffrb on Thursday May 10th 2012

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Any questions that you'd like people to think about, post them in the comments:

• What version of Ruby do you use in production?
• How do you install it on the server and manage dependencies/upgrades?
• What does it take to convince ops to use the shiny new Rubies?
• What implications do devs need to consider about using the shiny new Rubies?

• Do certain OS's make deploying Ruby apps easier?

• I'd like to keep the discussion around small teams working on light weight, simple, robust processes and solutions, rather than large teams focused on single areas and 'what if' type solutions.
• I'd like to give a quick overview of an ops engineer's view of production and what current good practice is and why.
• Are PaaS offerings such as Engine Yard and Heroku good propositions financially and functionally?
• Is Amazon Web services a good solution to hosting Ruby apps? In what way?