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Implementing AppFog

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Implementing AppFog

Overview of this book

AppFog is the leading platform-as-a-service provider of PHP, Ruby, Node.js, and Java solutions. It is used by developers worldwide to deploy tens of thousands of applications. AppFog delivers a reliable, scalable, and fast platform for deploying applications in the cloud.This book is a hands-on guide that will walk you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud using AppFog, which will allow you to get your application deployed without the hassle of setting up servers.This book demonstrates how to use the AppFog service to build an application and have it running in the Cloud. It will walk you through the initial AppFog setup process and explain how to create your first application in minutes.You will also discover how to use services such as databases to make your applications more powerful. You will also learn how to create applications from scratch.You will find out everything you need to know to get an application running in the cloud for the first time.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Implementing AppFog
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing on Ubuntu


On Ubuntu, you need superuser privileges to install software. To run a command with superuser privileges, precede it with sudo.

  1. Install the Ruby package.

    sudo apt-get install ruby1.9.1
    
  2. Install the AppFog gem

    sudo gem install af
    
  3. Install the Sinatra gem

    sudo gem install af
    

Note

The sudo command works for users with administrator status. The first user created when Ubuntu is installed automatically gets administrator status.