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If you’re deploying your application to Kubernetes, you already have all the pieces you need to ensure your deployments run without downtime. However, figuring out how to piece them all together for a Rails application can be something of a challenge! This post walks through the major steps to get a Rails application running in Kubernetes, deployed without downtime.
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