There are a bunch of tools that can kind of sort of get you there, but there's way too much variance in getting 'what you want' to get everything going. If you

There are a bunch of tools that can kind of sort of get you there, but there's way too much variance in getting 'what you want' to get everything going. If you were using Python, you could probably use Silver Lining[1] for this, which lets you set up an Ubuntu server and install packages as needed and deploy your application to it. I'm speaking anecdotally, as I've never personally used it, but it's supposed to have the capability to even manage scaling by spinning up new instances as needed, and configuring them to spec if necessary. I don't know if a similar such tool exists for Ruby, or how well Silver Lining works in practice. [1] - http://cloudsilverlining.org/ http://cloudsilverlining.org/