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BitNamy RubyStack Appliance - Free Ruby on Rails appliance based on Suse Linux. It includes Apache, MySQL and a Ruby on Rails envir onment. The site also includes native installers for Windows and OS X as well as Amaz on Machine Images for cloud deployment.
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Ruby on Rails Appliance - An open source appliance based on Ubuntu, includes a web administrati on interface, SSL support and an example Rails site out of the box.
Turnkey Rails appliance (linked above) working onWindows so I wrote up a guide to doing just that: Get started building web apps with your own Ruby on Rails virtual development server.
The main things I was missing were
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Network c onfigurati on knowledge for a free virtualizati on product. I ended up using VirtualBox and the default NAT setup c onfused me for far too l ong. I now understand how to do it using NAT+port forwarding or using bridging.
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sqlite3 is not included in Turnkey Rails but it's assumed in the Rails intros I have been reading. I added instructi ons on how to install it.
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No familiar Windowsy WYSIWYG editor available in the c onsole- only Turnkey Rails. I added diakonos to my guide.