Shared Hosting
Perils and Peccadilloes
How to revive BBcom and make it useful again ?
What has worked ?
- PMWiki, lockdown capability.
- WikkaWiki
- Plain HTML
Is Javascript OK ? CSS risk ?
Is hostmonster security up to snuff ? Is there a better hosting service ?
Hostmonster
Clean up the mess.
- Convert and merge old Drupal content. ( into what, wiki format or html ? Pros and cons ?)
- Merging subject hierarchy and interwiki content from old Wikka Wiki site
- Separate types, capture potential category and tag relationships.
- Develop DB conversion idiom, especially between MySQL a
Assuming Hostmonster is OK, what to do with it ?
- domain names
- junk email, filtered with gmail
- BBcom published BottleTalk ( with lockdown ) or generated html-based technical site.
- Python, Java and PHP, in that order.
- Maybe Ruby, seems to be easier to install and run.
- Resource dump, mp3 for example.
Deploying Python CGI on Hostmonster
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/tag/python
PythonBottle and maybe PythonTrac
http://elmpowered.skawaii.net/?tag=hostmonster
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/search?sort=&search=cgi
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/search?sort=&search=python
Ruby and Rails on Hostmonster
Ruby ?
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/tag/ruby
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/tag/rails
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/rails
https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/search?sort=&search=ruby
Ruby Gems Installation
Problem:
How do I install my own Ruby Gems?
Solution:
Using File Manager in your cPanel make a copy of the .bashrc file in your root directory, name it .bashrc.bak.
Now edit the .bashrc file and add the following to the end of the file:
export GEM_HOME=$HOME/ruby/gems export GEM_PATH=$GEM_HOME:/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3 export GEM_CACHE=$GEM_HOME/cache export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ruby/gems/bin
When using a rails application, make sure you add the following to your ./config/environment.rb:
ENV['GEM_PATH'] = '/path/to/your/home/ruby/gems:/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.3'
From HM CPanel:
Ruby Gem Installer
Ruby Gems are collections of functions that allow you to perform tasks in Ruby. You will need to install a Gem before you can use it inside a Ruby program.
Note: Gems are installed directly from the RubyForge repository.
Location of Your Ruby Gem(s)
Path: /home3/billbrei/ruby/gems
Using Your Ruby Gem(s)
!!!!At this time Rails 3.0 is not supported and can cause a broken ruby/rails environment!!!!
You will need to add /home3/billbrei/ruby/gems to the include path.
You can do this by adding the following code to your script:
$:.push("/home3/billbrei/ruby/gems")
From Hostmonster ROR page:
Hostmonster provides Phusion Passenger ...
We also recommend updating any applications that may be using Mongrel (or similar) ...
https://www.phusionpassenger.com/
Easy, Scalable & Reliable Web App Deployment for Ruby, Python, Node.js, Meteor
https://github.com/phusion/passenger
In other words: practically any operating system on earth, except Microsoft Windows.
Not a problem for Hostmonster, but clearly not 'pywacket-enabling'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongrel_%28web_server%29
Abandoned, more or less
Discussions about setting up Ruby on Rails on Hostmonster
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1365373
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23943867/setting-up-rails-on-hostmonster
A better description of Ruby/Rails shared hosting at site5
Radiant
https://github.com/radiant/radiant/wiki
Usage: /home3/billbrei/ruby/gems/bin/radiant /path/to/radiant/app [options]
Options:
-r, --ruby=path Path to the Ruby binary of your choice (otherwise scripts use env, dispatchers current path).
Default: /usr/bin/ruby
-d, --database=name Preconfigure for selected database (options: mysql, postgresql, sqlite3, sqlserver, db2).
Default: sqlite3
Radiant Info:
-v, --version Show the Radiant version number and quit. -h, --help Show this help message and quit.
General Options:
-p, --pretend Run but do not make any changes. -f, --force Overwrite files that already exist. -s, --skip Skip files that already exist. -q, --quiet Suppress normal output. -t, --backtrace Debugging: show backtrace on errors. -c, --svn Modify files with subversion. (Note: svn must be in path)
https://github.com/radiant/radiant/wiki/Installing-on-Bluehost-and-Hostmonster
A bunch of stuff ... some not appropriate.
Hostmonster Help for Ruby and Rails
Installing Redmine from tar.gz - https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/redmine
Ruby on Rails, Gems - https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/221
Ruby on Rails Setup - https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/rails
Ruby on Hostmonster: The Bottom Line
I don't have the time now, either to get Radiant running or to create structure/content for it. Maybe later.
