I found the answer to this here
The basic form of a glyph link in rails looks like this:
<%= link_to deals_path, class: "btn btn-default" do %>
<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-euro"></i> Dashboard
<% end %>
Modify as needed. The second example in that link didn’t work for me, I assume because I’m using the rails_bootstrap_sass gem? Regardless, the above form worked for me.