Rails - May 2014 - Missing `secret_key_base` for 'production' environment

I've created a rails app (Rails 4.1.0) from scratch and I am getting a 
problem that I am not able to solve. I have installed and configured Apache 
Passenger Module, it works fine. Any time I try to access the virtual host 
I get an error 500:

    Missing secret_key_base for 'production' environment, set this value
in
config/secrets.yml

The secret.yml file contains the following configuration:

    secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>

Even when it's not recommended I did this:

        production:
      secret_key_base: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (random key)

But Apache logs show this:

    # tailf /etc/httpd/logs/error_log
    [Tue May 06 12:56:18 2014] [error] [client 192.168.3.1] Premature end 
of script headers:
    App 4405 stderr: [ 2014-05-06 12:56:18.5763 4421/0x9d48bdc(Worker 1) 
utils.rb:68 ]: *** Exception RuntimeError in Rack application object 
(Missing `secret_key_base` for 'production' environment, set this value
in
`config/secrets.yml`) (process 4421, thread 0x9d48bdc(Worker 1)):
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/railties-4.1.0/lib/rails/application.rb:440:in
`validate_secret_key_config!'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/railties-4.1.0/lib/rails/application.rb:195:in
`env_config'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/railties-4.1.0/lib/rails/engine.rb:510:in 
`call'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/railties-4.1.0/lib/rails/application.rb:144:in
`call'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/passenger-4.0.41/lib/phusion_passenger/rack/thread_handler_extension.rb:74:in
`process_request'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/passenger-4.0.41/lib/phusion_passenger/request_handler/thread_handler.rb:141:in
`accept_and_process_next_request'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/passenger-4.0.41/lib/phusion_passenger/request_handler/thread_handler.rb:109:in
`main_loop'
    App 4405 stderr:        from 
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.1/gems/passenger-4.0.41/lib/phusion_passenger/request_handler.rb:448:in
`block (3 levels) in start_threads'

How I can fix this error? How do I access the development enviroment? I 
mean how I can write code, test in my browser and then deploy to Heroku or 
just test in production enviroment?

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