I'm planning to host a Rails application on Linode, but I'm still unsure about the requirements and process of deploying. I'm only getting the 512 plan since I'm expecting relative small traffic for the site.
My question is, do I need to get a repository such as Github to store my code? I'm also a bit concerned about how long it takes to set the server up and the deployment process. I've browsed through the Linode library but I'm not entirely clear on how to deploy Rails apps. I'm planning to use nginx as my server and passenger for deploying. Does anyone know where I can learn to deploy Rails applications on a Linode machine? A step-by-step tutorial with detailed explanation would be great. Thanks!