Ferryboat ⚓️

Ferryboat is a lightweight deployment tool built by 21tycoons for teams who want zero-downtime deployments for marketing/static sites without the complexity of Kubernetes or heavyweight DevOps stacks.

It’s designed for marketing sites, micro-apps, and fast-moving projects that need confidence in production while staying simple, portable, and developer-friendly.

✨ Features

Zero-downtime deployments (blue/green swap, even on a single server)
Staging environments baked in
Lightweight backups of container volumes
GitHub integration for pulling and building images
Simple CLI
Config-driven via ferryboat.yml

📦 Installation

Add to your Gemfile:

gem "ferryboat"

Or install directly:

gem install ferryboat

🚀 Usage

Create a new project

ferryboat new mysite
cd mysite

Deploy to production (zero downtime)

ferryboat deploy

Deploy to staging

ferryboat deploy --staging

Backup before deploy

ferryboat backup

Restore a backup

ferryboat restore

View logs

ferryboat logs

⚙️ Configuration

Example ferryboat.yml:

production:
  server: 203.0.113.42
  ssh_key: ~/.ssh/myserver
  repo: git@github.com:21tycoons/mysite.git
  docker_registry: 21tycoons/mysite
  domain: mysite.com

staging:
  server: 203.0.113.42
  ssh_key: ~/.ssh/myserver
  repo: git@github.com:21tycoons/mysite.git
  docker_registry: 21tycoons/mysite-staging
  domain: staging.mysite.com

Secrets (like Docker or GitHub tokens) should be set as environment variables.

🛠 Development

After checking out the repo:

bin/setup

Run tests with:

rake spec

Try the interactive console:

bin/console

Release a new version:

bundle exec rake release

🤝 Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome at
👉 https://github.com/21tycoons/ferryboat

📜 License

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

🚢 Ferryboat by 21tycoons — simple, safe deployments without the complexity.

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