Bundling sample data
You may want to bundle some sample data with the application when you deploy. This may be useful when you're delivering the CMS as one self-contained package to your client.
Freeze your data
Assuming you have Aura working locally, freeze it using rake db:dump.
This creates a config/seed.yml file.
$ rake db:dump
* Working...
* Writing to config/seed.yml...
Done.
...
config/seed.yml
Be sure to add this file to your repository.
$ ls -la config/seed.yml
-rw-r--r-- 1 rsc staff 28115 Jul 23 23:14 seed.yml
$ git add config/seed.yml
The next time your application starts, it will rebuild the database from
that snapshot. You can use rake db:flush to ensure that this will
happen the next time the application loads.