rack_staging

Rack::Staging

Don't let users accidentally stumble upon your staging servers, make sure they're password protected.

Usage

Include the Rack::Staging middleware into your config.ru like so:

use Rack::Staging
run MyApp.new

By default Rack::Staging will assume it's in a staging environment if the hostname for the request contains the string "staging", or if an environment variable of "STAGING" is set.

Username and password for authentication should be set to "STAGING_USER" and "STAGING_PASS" environment variables respectively.

Alternatively Rack::Staging accepts a Proc as a parameter which will be evaluated to determine whether an app is in your staging environment or not. Use this method to override the default behaviour:

use Rack::Staging, Proc.new{|env| env["HTTP_HOST"] == "foobar.example.org" }
run MyApp.new

Why would I want to use this?

Because it's easy to forget to make your staging server just slightly different from your production box by restricting access to it. Hopefully remembering to include this in your Gemfile is easier (I'll soon make it insert itself automatically into the middleware stack for Rails >= 3.x.x apps).

Compatibility

Only tested on Ruby 1.9.2

Contributions

• Glenn Gillen

Status

Production Ready

Bugs, Feature Requests, etc.

If you think you've found a bug or have a feature you'd like to contribute here are the ways to let me know, in order of likelihood for a speedy resolution:

• Fork the repo, add a test, implement the feature, send me a pull request
• Fork the repo, add a failing test, send me a pull request
• Create an issue on Github.

License

Rack Staging is released under the MIT license.

Copyright (c) 2011 Glenn Gillen

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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