IACCDB functions as a Ruby on Rails application with a database. It is installed and configurend in directory "iaccdb" from the webmaster home directory.
The version of Ruby used by the application is controlled by "rbenv" and "ruby-build". To upgrade Ruby, on the web server:
- cd ~/iaccdb/.rbenv
- git pull
- cd plugins/ruby-build
- git pull
- cd ~/iaccdb
- view available versions with, rbenv install -l | less
- rbenv install <version> (e.g. rbenv install 2.5.5)
- rbenv local <version> (e.g. rbenv local 2.5.5)
- rbenv version
- gem install bundler
Then from your local dev environment:
- put a PR on IACCDB that updates the version in the ".ruby-version" file
- while at it, upgade the gems
- when the PR passes testing, merge it
- deploy IACCDB.
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