Yes! You definitely can run multiple Rails apps in the same server, either with Kamal or with Capistrano.
Kamal has a bit of a steep learning curve, though, but it seems like it's the direction Rails 7.1+ / Rails 8 is going to push for. You'll need to become familiar with Docker and Traefik to understand what's going on.
Me personally, until now I've been using Capistrano + a DigitalOcean droplet / AWS instance. But Capistrano has a learning curve of its own (mostly: getting really comfortable with Unix, Nginx config, security hardening, and general sysadmin work)
If you want really cheap instances for small apps, I suggest AWS Lightsail, they have instances starting at $3.5/mo, and they're really easy to spin up as well.
I'm now in the process of migrating my apps from Capistrano to Kamal, and plan to deploy multiple in a single AWS instance.
Join the WIP Ruby chat! We've been having interesting discussions about this very topic lately t.me/wipruby
Hetzner + Kamal + Cloudflare?
Yeah, I saw that combo in the Kamal demo - maybe I am still to new to understand. Am I able to run multiple rails apps on the same VPS with it?
Yes! You definitely can run multiple Rails apps in the same server, either with Kamal or with Capistrano.
Kamal has a bit of a steep learning curve, though, but it seems like it's the direction Rails 7.1+ / Rails 8 is going to push for. You'll need to become familiar with Docker and Traefik to understand what's going on.
Me personally, until now I've been using Capistrano + a DigitalOcean droplet / AWS instance. But Capistrano has a learning curve of its own (mostly: getting really comfortable with Unix, Nginx config, security hardening, and general sysadmin work)
If you want really cheap instances for small apps, I suggest AWS Lightsail, they have instances starting at $3.5/mo, and they're really easy to spin up as well.
I'm now in the process of migrating my apps from Capistrano to Kamal, and plan to deploy multiple in a single AWS instance.
Join the WIP Ruby chat! We've been having interesting discussions about this very topic lately t.me/wipruby