Tracks

I use the Profipaket from Alfahosting:
http://alfahosting.de/webhosting_uebersicht_2/webspace_preise_details.html?pid=1

And want to install tracks there, but I’ve3 no clue now this works. I read the tutorials and tryed to get it work but it didnt and I’m not even sure if it’s the right one I followed. So can you guys help me through this? First which is the right tut for web installation, the right download and what do I have to upload (duploaded everything so far) and in case it dont work what specifications of the webhost do you need to know for further support?

Thanks for the massive help

it seems like a generic webhost with support for mysql and ruby.
There are tutorials for other webhosts on the wiki, so some of the stuff in there may help you, for example running tracks from a sub directory (if needed)

I think you first need to set up the ruby env (install the required gems, see the manual)
Then configure your tracks install (database.yml and site.yml)

Look for ways to add a ruby on rails app to the hosts webserver. Some offer passenger for this.

Then start and go

damn, my host told me this ruby on rails isnt possible for me :(

sorry to hear. Strange though, because they are offering ruby…

well, what would I have to do to install ruby myself? I would try it, but I dont even know what it is, ...

EDIT: I checked m,y acc, you’re right they offer ruby, what then - what is rails :p

Rails is a web framework (library) which runs on ruby (language). The setup is not trivial, so if they state that it is not supported I’d sugget trying one of the hosted tracks like GTDify or tracks.tra.in.