Today I Learned how to Create Rails Docker Container Without Ruby Installed

I was curious to see if I could create a Docker container for a new Rails project without having Ruby or Rails installed on the host machine.  To do this I created a new Ubuntu 18 virtual machine with the bare minimum installed for the OS.  I also install Docker, RubyMine, and DataGrip.

Initially I was hoping I could just create the new project inside RubyMine.  Unfortunately I couldn’t get it working.  As you will see setting up the initial Docker container requires more then just running the “docker-compose up” command.

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Chris, have you created that Ruby on Rails 5 project? What Does it Look Like I'm Doing!

In the above video you can replace the question with:

Chris, have created that Ruby on Rails 5 project?

What dose it look like I’m Doing!

Scene 1: Create new Ruby on Rails project using Ruby Mine.

New Ruby Mine Project

Scene 2: Try to install the Gems find out I need Ruby 2.5.

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