Install Tracks 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on AWS with SSL support

Installing Tracks on a clean server (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) running on Amazon Web Services with a self-signed SSL certificate for a secure HTTPS access.

Install all required dependencies

$ sudo apt-get install thin unzip bundler libsqlite3-dev zlib1g-dev libssl-dev

Rebuild eventmachine with SSL support

$ sudo gem uninstall eventmachine
$ sudo gem install eventmachine

Download tracks (2.3.0)

$ mkdir tracks
$ cd tracks
$ wget https://github.com/TracksApp/tracks/archive/v2.3.0.zip
$ unzip v2.3.0.zip
$ cd tracks-2.3.0/

Configuration

Disable mysql backend

• edit Gemfile, comment line:

#gem "mysql2", "~> 0.3.16"

Update configuration file

$ cp config/database.yml.tmpl config/database.yml
$ nano config/database.yml

Uncomment the section for sqlite production, delete the other configuraion for production; don't delete the rest

Update site file

$ cp config/site.yml.tmpl config/site.yml
$ nano config/site.yml

• change "change-me" in "salt" and "secret_token" to some random value

• change config.serve_static_assets to true in config/environments/production.rb in order for the images, stylesheets, and javascript files to be served correctly. $ nano config/environments/production.rb

Bundle install (in tracks-2.3.0 folder)

$ bundle install

Precompile assets

$ bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production

[Optional; if you don't have SSL certificate]

• generate certificates, e.g. in /home/ubuntu/certificates

$ openssl req -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout key.pem -out req.pem
$ openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in req.pem -signkey key.pem -out cert.pem

Run tracks with thin + ssl (in tracks-2.3.0 folder)

$ bundle exec thin start -e production --ssl --ssl-verify --ssl-key-file /home/ubuntu/certificates/key.pem --ssl-cert-file /home/ubuntu/certificates/cert.pem