Articles

This section contains an updated set of articles meant to cover all areas of the product in an introductory fashion for the purpose of troubleshooting.

• Use Ruby Deploy Hooks

  Deploy hooks are Ruby scripts that you write which are executed at designated points in the deployment process. This allows you to customize the deployment of your application to meet its particular n...

• Copy an Environment

  When you make a copy of your environment, Engine Yard copies your environment structure without the data so you can perform necessary tests in a “new” environment. You can select a different technolog...

• Application Instance Cheat Sheet

  Overview When working with Engine Yard, it is crucial to understand where files are located inside an application instance. This knowledge aids in carrying out investigations and addressing issues eff...

• Database Instance Cheat Sheet

  Overview Engine Yard, a Rails application framework, operates with the concept of database instances for its applications. Understanding the key components of these instances and knowing where to find...

• Utility Instance Cheat Sheet

  Overview Rails applications in Engine Yard utilize utility instances for additional services or compute power. This article provides an introduction to utility instances, their roles and types, direct...

• The Rails Application Server in Engine Yard

  Overview In the Rails framework, web applications are run in an application server, which can be considered the third piece of the web request flow. In this article, we will review the main elements t...

• Troubleshooting Web Requests in Engine Yard

  Overview Web requests are a crucial part of any web application's functionality. However, problems can occur at any stage of the web stack, affecting the performance and functionality of your applicat...

• The Chef Run in Engine Yard

  Overview Engine Yard Cloud serves as a managed platform for deploying Ruby on Rails applications, operating on AWS EC2 instances. This involves configuring and deploying Rails applications to suit the...

• The Anatomy of Chef Cookbooks in Engine Yard

    Overview While the Recipes installed with the Chef run can be customized, which occurs during the preparation stage in v5 and later, the main Recipes applied each time are essentially the same. Thes...

• Debugging the Chef Run

  Overview When debugging Chef, several strategies exist. In this article, we review the main approaches to addressing multiple issues with the Chef run. Contents: Troubleshooting strategies Enzyme comm...