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Trajanson
Trajanson

Reputation: 441

How to Run Rails on Shared Server Using Heroku

I have a website http://example.com and would like to to host a Ruby on Rails generated app from http://example.com/projects/ruby.

I am using Heroku with the Zerigo DNS addon (or open to OpenShift if that works).

I tried installing nDeploy through my CPanel but [Siteground][1] (my web host) does not seem to allow access to Apache or a command line(?).

My goal is to present my project through my website (not through a Cloud9 or Heroku domain). Can someone please point me, in the right direction.

On Heroku when I try to press "Add Domain" from the Control Panel I receive a message:

*"can't have more than 1 domains / check *** for a larger plan that accommodates your needs"*

Upvotes: 1

Views: 123

Answers (1)

Richard Peck
Richard Peck

Reputation: 76774

If you're using Heroku to host your rails app (which uses Amazon E3), you'll not be hosting it on your shared hosting at all.

Your fix will come from the following:

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All you're doing with Heroku custom domains (which you need a pro account for), will be forwarding traffic from your domain.com/path to your heroku app.

Now, I don't know about how Heroku would deal with being routed to - from a subfolder - but I know for a fact that the only thing which will help you here is are the DNS setup for your domain.

In that section, you need to be able to add / change the CNAME reference as above.

Heroku explains it best:

Configuring your DNS provider for a root domain is similar to configuring a DNS provider for a subdomain. However, whereas with subdomains the type of record to configure is always a CNAME, with root domains the type of record depends on the DNS provider

I can be more specific if required

Upvotes: 1

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