{% hint style="warning" %} Ruby on Rails is available on Morty, Tommy, Johnny, or the VPS plans. {% endhint %}
HelioHost is one of the few free web hosts to offer the Ruby programming language. A combination of Perl's syntax and Smalltalk's semantics, Ruby is a mature production language that remains popular. Ruby's compatibility with multiple programming paradigms allows it great versatility and makes it an easy language to learn for existing developers.
We also offer the powerful Ruby on Rails web application framework. This framework contains all the essentials for building a web application, and greatly simplifies the task by providing libraries tailored to do almost any task. By utilizing the Model-View-Controller architectural pattern, Rails effectively separates different aspects of your web application, allowing for modular design and extensibility.
Download the example Ruby on Rails files from: heliohost.org/downloads/ror_ruby3.2.2_rails8.0.1.tar.gz
Navigate to your home directory and click the + button to upload the tar.gz file. Locate the ror_ruby3.2.2_rails8.0.1.tar.gz file that you just downloaded, and upload it to Plesk. Make sure you upload it to your home directory, not httpdocs.
Now click the filename of ror_ruby3.2.2_rails8.0.1.tar.gz to extract the tar.gz file. Make sure that it is extracting the files to the / directory and not to httpdocs or anywhere else.
Click on the config directory, and then click the environment.rb file to edit it. You'll need to change the line that says ror.helioho.st to your actual domain. Then save the file.
Now click Websites and Domains on the main left Plesk menu. Next click the header Get Started and then click Ruby from the menu displayed.
The test Ruby on Rails files are designed for Ruby 3.2.2 so ensure you have Ruby Version set to 3.2.2-p53. Change the Application Mode from production to development so you can see errors later, and wait until you see a confirmation message that says Information: Application mode was successfully updated. Then click Enable Ruby and wait for the confirmation message saying Ruby was enabled:
{% hint style="info" %} In order for the Rails application to be deployed it requires an Apache restart. Apache restarts happen every 2 hours. Please be patient and wait for the full 2 hours before assuming anything is broken. {% endhint %}
If everything is working it should look like this:
Once you've got this basic example working we encourage you to edit the files, and create your Ruby on Rails website. Let us know if you have any questions.
If it doesn't work, go back and check all of your steps again. If it's been more than a full 2 hours and it still isn't working please make a new post in the Customer Service forum, making sure to provide your username and any error messages you are encountering.