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Ruby on Rails

This example demonstrates how to setup a simple Rails application. It makes use of the Ruby Plugin, and installs SQLite to use as a database.

Example Repo

Open In Devbox.sh

How To Run​

Run devbox shell to install rails and prepare the project.

Once the shell starts, you can start the rails app by running:

cd blog
bin/rails server

How to Recreate this Example​

  1. Create a new Devbox project with devbox init

  2. Add the packages using

    devbox add ruby_3_1 bundler nodejs-19_x yarn sqlite

  3. Start a devbox shell, and install the rails CLI with gem install rails

  4. Create your Rails app by running the following in your Devbox Shell

    rails new blog