Use SSL and the Puma webserver in production

Procfile

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: bundle exec puma -C config/puma.rb

config/environments/production.rb

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   # config.action_cable.allowed_request_origins = [ 'http://example.com', /http:\/\/example.*/ ]
 
   # Force all access to the app over SSL, use Strict-Transport-Security, and use secure cookies.
-  # config.force_ssl = true
+  config.force_ssl = true
 
   # Use the lowest log level to ensure availability of diagnostic information
   # when problems arise.

config/puma.rb

@@ -1,47 +1,16 @@
-# Puma can serve each request in a thread from an internal thread pool.
-# The `threads` method setting takes two numbers a minimum and maximum.
-# Any libraries that use thread pools should be configured to match
-# the maximum value specified for Puma. Default is set to 5 threads for minimum
-# and maximum, this matches the default thread size of Active Record.
-#
-threads_count = ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 }.to_i
+workers Integer(ENV['WEB_CONCURRENCY'] || 2)
+threads_count = Integer(ENV['RAILS_MAX_THREADS'] || 5)
 threads threads_count, threads_count
 
-# Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests, default is 3000.
-#
-port        ENV.fetch("PORT") { 3000 }
+preload_app!
 
-# Specifies the `environment` that Puma will run in.
-#
-environment ENV.fetch("RAILS_ENV") { "development" }
+rackup      DefaultRackup
+port        ENV['PORT']     || 3000
+environment ENV['RACK_ENV'] || 'development'
 
-# Specifies the number of `workers` to boot in clustered mode.
-# Workers are forked webserver processes. If using threads and workers together
-# the concurrency of the application would be max `threads` * `workers`.
-# Workers do not work on JRuby or Windows (both of which do not support
-# processes).
-#
-# workers ENV.fetch("WEB_CONCURRENCY") { 2 }
-
-# Use the `preload_app!` method when specifying a `workers` number.
-# This directive tells Puma to first boot the application and load code
-# before forking the application. This takes advantage of Copy On Write
-# process behavior so workers use less memory. If you use this option
-# you need to make sure to reconnect any threads in the `on_worker_boot`
-# block.
-#
-# preload_app!
-
-# The code in the `on_worker_boot` will be called if you are using
-# clustered mode by specifying a number of `workers`. After each worker
-# process is booted this block will be run, if you are using `preload_app!`
-# option you will want to use this block to reconnect to any threads
-# or connections that may have been created at application boot, Ruby
-# cannot share connections between processes.
-#
-# on_worker_boot do
-#   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection if defined?(ActiveRecord)
-# end
-
-# Allow puma to be restarted by `rails restart` command.
-plugin :tmp_restart
+on_worker_boot do
+  # Worker specific setup for Rails 4.1+
+  # See: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/
+  # deploying-rails-applications-with-the-puma-web-server#on-worker-boot
+  ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection
+end