deployment

Why does FastCGI not work well with Ruby on Rails?

It is said that FastCGI doesn't work well with Ruby on Rails deployment. Why is that? In previous experience, something either works quite well or it might be fundamentally wrong. So if FastCGI is a viable solution, why is it not reliable with RoR? Does FastCGI work well with most any language / frameworks? ...

Specifying relative paths in SPSS 18

In SPSS 11 it was possible to specify relative paths. Example: FILE HANDLE myfile='..\..\data\current.txt' /LRECL=533. DATA LIST FILE=myfile / ... This worked because apparently, SPSS 11 set the working folder to the path where the source .SPS file is saved. It seems that SPSS 18 always sets it's working folder to the installation fol...

How can I get Capistrano to include .htaccess files in deployments?

I'm trying to get Capistrano deploying my web app. I'm deploying a php app using remote_cache from a git repo to a Linux host via a Windows computer. Everything is deploying okay except that it doesn't copy over the .htaccess files. I'm new to Capistrano and Ruby, so any pointers would be helpful! Capistrano 2.5.18 with Ruby 1.8.6 on...

how to have QA and Production installed via ClickOnce without override each other?

i am having a problem attempting to have two environments published through clickonce i have two urls one with the QA version and one with the PROD version the issue is that i can only have one at the time, if i install one it overrides the other instance. i already attempted to change publisher name and also add a Suite name to creat...

How to publish ASP.NET website to a local IIS7 the easiest way?

So I've a local IIS7 set up. When I publish using 'File System' and choose 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot' as target location, the VS2010 gives the following errors: Unable to add 'About.aspx' to the Web site. Unable to add file 'About.aspx'. Access is denied. Unable to add 'Default.aspx' to the Web site. Unable to add file 'Def...

ASP.NET deployment with remote desktop

Hi, i have a production server that does not have ftp access. Possible way to deploy files is connecting with remote desktop client and send files. As you know this approach is highly hard and time inefficient. Could you please provide me best practices to deploy in a more fast way? Thanks ...

Why should I deploy as another site (deploy) user?

What are the benefits of deploying your site as a special 'deploy' user? And should I run my main domain and subdomains as a single user? ...

How to configure DB connection in a Servlet based JPA application

By default DB connections of JPA applications are configured in the META-INF/persistence.xml, when the application is not deployed to a full Java EE application server. In my opinion it is not very elegant to place such environment specific configuration into a file that is inside a .war file. How could a DB connection of a Servlet based...

WiX built-in WixUI Dialog Sets have horizontal lines that are just a little too short (picture included)

I am creating an installer for my program using WiX (Windows Installer XML). I have used the following code to begin using the built-in WixUI Dialog Sets: <Product ...> <UIRef Id="WixUI_FeatureTree" /> </Product> This, however, creates a dialog set with horizontal lines that are just a little bit too short on every dialog as shown h...

Regression Testing and Deployment Strategy

I'd like some advice on a deployment strategy. If a development team creates an extensive framework, and many (20-30) applications consume it, and the business would like application updates at least every 30 days, what is the best deployment strategy? The reason I ask is that there seems to be a lot of waste (and risk) in using an agil...

Crystal Report print functionlity doesn't work after deployment?

I'm using crystal reports to build reports, everything is ok while development. But after deployment of website, print functionality doesn't work. I use _rptDocument.PrintToPrinter(1, false, 0, 0); to print report. I've tried two methods to deploy website Normal Publish option. Web Deployment Project. But I got the same output,...

What Web Hosting Service do I use for JRuby on Rails?

I'm developing a website with JRuby on Rails because I need some Java functionality server-side. I figure to deploy it, I will need to use a hosting service that supports JSP. Am I right and is that all I need? Or is there something else I will need to deploy my site? How would I go about doing this? ...

Turning off JBoss hot deploy service?

What is the correct way to turn off the JBoss hot deploy service? This is a production environment. Edit: JBoss version 5.1.0 GA ...

.net and java deployment

dear all we have a website developed in java and .net. it works fine. but now we want to develop a installer in .net for the deployment of website. which should deploy both modules means java and .net . i know about custom installer in .net but how can i deploy java module through this installer??????? ...

How to create the initial database on deployment?

If I have a Silverlight application, and I am publishing to my localhost IIS server with the web deploy option: Can my database be automatically created in SQL Server Express? I'm not talking about creating tables and columns etc, i'm talking about creating the actual database at the destination. How would I do that? ...

Where can I find up-to-date information / walkthroughs on VS 2010 deployment?

I am looking for information on deploying my web app to our test server. Having heard Hanselman say this is something you can do within VS 2010 easily I set out too find information on exactly how to do this but can not seem to find anything. Ignoring the fact that most of the blog posts / articles are over a year old, there just seems ...

How to deploy to multiple redundant production servers with "cap deploy"?

Capistrano is working great to deploy to a single server. However, I have multiple production API servers for my web application. When I deploy, my code needs to get deployed to every API server at once. Specifying each server manually is NOT the solution I am looking for (e.g. I don't want to do "cap api1 deploy; cap api2 deploy"). Is ...

ASP.NET Deploying websites

I have some websites that use ImageMagick to convert images and place them in a created folder. Locally it all worked fine, but once I deployed it to my network's webserver it would not convert the images nor create the folders. My asp.net pages that read data from a database work. All the users have full control permissions over the sit...

Is there a way to specify a per-host deploy_to path with Capistrano?

I have searched and searched and asked a question already and have not received a clear answer. I have the following deploy script (snippet): set :application, "testapplication" set :repository, "ssh://domain.com//srv/hg/#{application}" set :scm, :mercurial set :deploy_to, "/srv/www/#{application}" role :web, "domain1.com", "doma...

what makes a Tomcat5.5 cannot be "aware" of new Java Web Applications?

This is for uni homework, but I reckon it is more a generic problem to the Tomcat Server(version 5.5.27) on my uni. The problem is, I first did a skeleton Java Web Application (Just a simple Servlet and a welcome-file, nothing complicated, no lib included) using NetBeans 6.8 with the bundled Tomcat 6.0.20 (localhost:8084/WSD) Then, to ...