What little things do I need to do before deploying a rails application
config, deployment, ruby-on-rails
Solution
- Freeze the gems you are using `rake gems:unpack`
- Change the secret in `config/environment.rb`
- Filter sensitive informtion like passwords: in `app/controllers/application.rb` `filter_parameter_logging :password, :password_confirmation`
Problem
EDIT What small things which are too easy to overlook do I need to do before deploying a rails application? I have set up another question for any task that takes more than a minute or two, and so ought to be scheduled into a deployment process. In this question I'm mostly concerned with on-line config options and similar, that can be done, but are often left out in during the development cycle because they don't make any difference until deployment