On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Lawrence Bottorff wrote:

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Hi Lawrence

I think a lot of us are finding that the easiest solution is to compile the binaries locally and upload to the server. In my case, I've tried having the compiler on a VPS, but compiling is very memory-intensive, and it can be a real pain whenever you need to upgrade libraries.

My newest deployment is simply an EC2 micro instance running Ubuntu 32-bit, just like I have on my local system. I compile the app, copy the binary and the static files, and deployment is done. I'll likely be adding some notes about this to the Yesod book, and perhaps even put together some scripts to automate the process more.

Michael

So I would do an "in situ/in-place" binary install on a home machine and simply move that whole installation directory onto the foreign machine. Hmmm.... What about dependent libraries? If it can't find libc (or the GL-mesa libraries) won't it break? I'm guessing from the instructions that I would do a # ./configure --prefix=/home/me/haskell/ then a # make in-place Is this right? Then move that /haskell directory onto the foreign box? Lb

What I meant was not to have GHC on the server at all. Build your web apps locally, and then upload the binaries to the server. You can even install a virtual machine locally with the same OS as what your server is using. Michael