tgittos / url_shortener

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Requirements

This application requires:

• Ruby 2.4.1
• Rails 5.2.1
• Postgres 10.5

Database Setup

To set up the database, log into your Postgres server using psql and run:

create role url_shortener with createdb login password 'password';

Once the role has been created, create the db and migrate it with:

rake db:create

rake db:migrate

Tests

There is a suite of model, controller and lib tests. The entire test suite can be run with: rails test

Deployment

This application has never been deployed. However, depending on the scalability desired, it might be deployed as follows:

• The Postgres server can be run on it's own host, possibly sharded if desired.
• This Rails app could be containerized using docker or vagrant. This would allow horizontal scaling on demand as loads increase.
• The application can be set up behind Kubernetes for container management and load balancing