Tag Archives: deployment

Setting 503 response code for Apache default virtual host

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Andrew

I know I promised my next post would be a tutorial on Chef, but this is kinda related. When new Rails servers are spinning up, I want Apache to respond to any requests with 503, both for SEO purposes in … Continue reading →

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Cheffin ain’t EZ for beginners

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Andrew

When I first set out to learn Chef I found that most of the blog posts, tutorials and even the Opscode Help pages themselves were a bit difficult to understand, to say the least. The ontology surrounding Chef is pretty … Continue reading →

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CruiseControl.rb rake task for running rspec and cucumber with a single test database

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Andrew

I wrote this rake task for running the rspec and cucumber tests for a Rails app whilst ensuring that only one database is used. It took a bit of Googling and lots of trial and error so thought I’d share … Continue reading →

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