Percheron Rails stack example

This repo contains a complete Rails stack for use with Percheron.

The stack contains a Rails application that has a simple form that accepts and email address. Once the form is posted, a Sidekiq job is enqueued, processed and an email sent! This simple flow touches all containers below.

Containers included

• base (used by all containers)
• consul - installed on all containers, used by HAProxy
• postfix - used by Sidekiq
• postgres - used by Rails app
• redis - used by Sidekiq
• HAproxy - for load balancing
• Sidekiq
• Email Test Rails app

Dependancies

• Percheron
• Boot2Docker v1.6.x+
• Docker client (nice to have)

Quickstart

Start boot2docker

boot2docker up && eval $(boot2docker shellinit) && export BOOT2DOCKER_IP=$(boot2docker ip)
```

Clone the percheron-rails-example repo

```shell
git clone https://github.com/ashmckenzie/percheron-rails
```

Run Percheron!

```shell
cd percheron-rails && bundle install && bundle exec percheron start rails
```

Fill out the form and wait for the email! :)

```shell
open http://${BOOT2DOCKER_IP}:1234/
```

## Bonus

The Consul UI is available at:

```shell
open http://boot2docker:8500/ui/
```