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This product has charges associated with it for TurnKey integration, maintenance, and support. Ruby on Rails is a preconfigured open-source appliance with automated security updates and backup tools.
Overview
This product has charges associated with it for TurnKey Linux integration, automated security updates, backup tooling, and bundled support.
TurnKey Ruby on Rails helps save you time and money by providing a ready-to-run Ruby on Rails solution that is secure, supported and easy to maintain. The system auto-updates itself with security fixes and is built in a transparent 100% open source process free of hidden backdoors.
Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. Written in Ruby, Rails lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. The result is a web framework that allows you to transition from idea to implementation in a very short period of time.
Highlights
- Secure, supported and easy to maintain: auto-updated daily with latest security patches. Bundled support for no extra charge.
- Free from hidden backdoors and vendor lock-in: transparent 100% opensource build of Debian GNU/Linux with no proprietary components or secret sauce.
- Free 1-click backup, restore and migrate: bundled backup software saves changes to files, databases and package management to encrypted storage which servers can be automatically restored from.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Operating system
Debian 13/Trixie
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Try this product free for 7 days according to the free trial terms set by the vendor. Usage-based pricing is in effect for usage beyond the free trial terms. Your free trial gets automatically converted to a paid subscription when the trial ends, but may be canceled any time before that.
Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time. Alternatively, you can pay upfront for a contract, which typically covers your anticipated usage for the contract duration. Any usage beyond contract will incur additional usage-based costs.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t2.small Recommended | $0.02 |
t2.micro | $0.02 |
t3.micro | $0.02 |
c1.medium | $0.02 |
c3.2xlarge | $0.02 |
c3.4xlarge | $0.02 |
c3.8xlarge | $0.02 |
c3.large | $0.02 |
c3.xlarge | $0.02 |
c4.2xlarge | $0.02 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour for the EC2 instance you run this preconfigured Ruby on Rails stack on. The software carries no separate license fee here, so your rate reflects the instance size you pick. Choose from many families and sizes, including general purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, and storage-optimized types. Smaller sizes like micro and medium cost less per hour, while larger sizes with more CPU, memory, or storage cost more. Older-generation types are also listed for compatibility. You scale by starting or stopping instances and by selecting a size that fits your workload.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
The hourly rate meters running instance time. A fully stopped instance does not accrue the hourly software charge. You may still pay underlying AWS storage fees for the attached volume while stopped. Charges resume when you start the instance again.
You pay for running the preconfigured EC2 instance, not a separate license. The image bundles Ruby, Rails, MariaDB, Apache with Passenger, and Node.js, plus a web control panel. The rate reflects the instance size you select, tied to its CPU, memory, and storage.
You scale by stopping the instance and relaunching on a size that fits your workload. Your hourly rate then follows the new size you pick. Larger sizes with more CPU, memory, or storage bill at higher hourly rates; smaller sizes bill at lower rates.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
TurnKey rails 19.0 is based on Debian 13 (Trixie). See https://www.turnkeylinux.org/updates/rails for appliance-specific release notes.
Additional details
Usage instructions
System Initialization:
After creating an EC2 instance with 1-Click, browse to http://<Public_DNS>/ for system initialization instructions.
Alternatively, log in via SSH as user 'admin' to the running instance. Be sure to use the SSH keypair selected during launch.
This inital step is required to set sensitive passwords & install security updates. You may also be asked to set a domain name for your server. If this is required, then it must be a valid domain name (i.e. have DNS configured).
Accessing the software main web app
http://<Public_DNS>/
This may redirect to https and/or the domain set at initialisation.
OS commands via SSH
Log into the running instance via SSH as user 'admin', using the SSH keypair set at launch time. Use sudo to run commands requiring root access.
Web based System Admin control panel
https://<Public_DNS>:12321
Remove scary browser warnings
By default TurnKey AMIs ship with randomly generated self signed SSL/TLS certifcates. This will cause scary warning in your web browser When accessing https.
To remove the browser warnings, you will need to get a SSL/TLS certificate signed by an authorized Certificate Authority (CA). The recommended way to do that is to get a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. TurnKey comes with a built in tool to do that within your instance:
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Ensure that you have your chosen domain DNS records configured and your domain resolves to your instance.
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Access your instance via SSH.
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Run 'sudo confconsole'.
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Select:
Advanced >> Lets Encrypt >> Gen cert
For more info see: https://www.turnkeylinux.org/docs/confconsole
More info
For more info specific to this instance, visit the product homepage:
Support
Vendor support
E-mail support is provided through the TurnKey Hub at no additional cost. Once you sign up to the TurnKey Hub, your AWS marketplace subscription will be automatically identified. support@turnkeylinux.org
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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Automatic Security Updates
System auto-updates daily with latest security patches
Open Source Architecture
Transparent 100% open source build based on Debian GNU/Linux with no proprietary components
Web Application Framework
Ruby on Rails framework optimized for rapid development with convention over configuration approach
Backup and Restore Functionality
1-click backup and restore capability with encrypted storage for files, databases and package management
Included Support Services
Bundled support services provided at no additional charge
Operating System Base
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with long-term support and security updates
Web Server and Application Stack
Apache web server integrated with MySQL database and PHP runtime environment
Pre-configured Environment
Ready-to-use AMI with Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP components pre-installed and configured
Performance Optimization
Optimized configuration for efficient execution of web applications under load conditions
Web Server Configuration
Apache2 web server pre-installed and configured to serve static and dynamic content on EC2 instances
Database Management
MySQL Community Edition with phpMyAdmin browser-based administration for managing databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, and permissions
Server-Side Scripting
PHP server-side scripting language configured and ready for application deployment
SSL/TLS Certificate Management
Let's Encrypt integration for creating free SSL certificates to encrypt traffic in transit
Operating System Foundation
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS long-term support operating system providing stability and security updates
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