Given below are the exact steps I follow every single time I need to install a ruby on rails application on a new slice on slicehost.

There are a number of automated scripts out there which will make it easier to setup your box but I like to know what’s happening and hence I prefer to do it manually. Anyway it takes only 30 minutes to setup the box with the instructions mentioned below.

• Configure ubuntu box
• Install ruby, rails and other gems on slicehost
• Install apache and MySQL on slicehost
• Setup DNS
• Make the slice secure
• Install phusion passenger
• Setup up FTP server
• Setup capistrano to deploy application on slice
• send compressed data