Hello,
I''ve been going though the "4 Days on Rails" tutorial at
http://rails.homelinux.org/ test-driving ruby on rails using the WEBrick
server without problems. I''m trying to move the app to be seen by
apache2, and am having some troubles. I''ve looked through many guides
online which all say pretty much the same thing, which, I think, I am
doing.
Anyway, the debug information is below that I believe is pertinent.
Any thoughts? Thanks.
-Chad
Ubuntu 6.06, Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.1.2, ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24)
[i486-linux], Rails 1.1.2
The app is located at /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/
---start segment---- /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
...
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
...
Alias /ToDo/ "/home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/"
<Directory "/home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/">
Options Indexes MultiViews ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi .fcg .fpl
AllowOverride All
Allow from all
Order allow,deny
</Directory>
---end segment---- /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
---start segment---- /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/.htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ToDo
RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>Rails application
failed to
start properly"
---end segment---- /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/.htaccess
$ a2enmod fcgid
This module is already enabled!
$ dpkg --get-selections | grep cgi
libapache2-mod-fcgid install
libfcgi-dev install
libfcgi-ruby1.8 install
libfcgi0 install
$ sudo gem install fcgi
Attempting local installation of ''fcgi''
Local gem file not found: fcgi*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ''fcgi''
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
extconf.rb:3:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)
from extconf.rb:3
ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError)
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
Gem files will remain installed in
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1 for inspection.
ruby extconf.rb install fcgi\n
Results logged to
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/ext/gem_make.out
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any reason you need to use apache 2? Pretty much everything I''ve read so far has nothing but bad things to say about rails with apache 2.. I''ve beenusing it with 1.3 with no problems.. Mike On 6/15/06, Chad Voelker <ch_rob@yahoo.com> wrote:> Hello, > > I''ve been going though the "4 Days on Rails" tutorial at > http://rails.homelinux.org/ test-driving ruby on rails using the WEBrick > server without problems. I''m trying to move the app to be seen by > apache2, and am having some troubles. I''ve looked through many guides > online which all say pretty much the same thing, which, I think, I am > doing. > > Anyway, the debug information is below that I believe is pertinent. > > Any thoughts? Thanks. > -Chad > > > Ubuntu 6.06, Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.1.2, ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) > [i486-linux], Rails 1.1.2 > > The app is located at /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/ > > ---start segment---- /etc/apache2/apache2.conf > ... > #AddHandler cgi-script .cgi > AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi > ... > > Alias /ToDo/ "/home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/" > <Directory "/home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/"> > Options Indexes MultiViews ExecCGI FollowSymLinks > AddHandler cgi-script .cgi > AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi .fcg .fpl > AllowOverride All > Allow from all > Order allow,deny > </Directory> > ---end segment---- /etc/apache2/apache2.conf > > ---start segment---- /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/.htaccess > RewriteEngine On > RewriteBase /ToDo > RewriteRule ^$ index.html [QSA] > RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.html [QSA] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] > ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>Rails application failed to > start properly" > > ---end segment---- /home/crvoelker/src/ToDo/public/.htaccess > > $ a2enmod fcgid > This module is already enabled! > > $ dpkg --get-selections | grep cgi > libapache2-mod-fcgid install > libfcgi-dev install > libfcgi-ruby1.8 install > libfcgi0 install > > $ sudo gem install fcgi > Attempting local installation of ''fcgi'' > Local gem file not found: fcgi*.gem > Attempting remote installation of ''fcgi'' > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > extconf.rb:3:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) > from extconf.rb:3 > ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError) > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > Gem files will remain installed in > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1 for inspection. > ruby extconf.rb install fcgi\n > > Results logged to > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/ext/gem_make.out > > > > > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Hmmm, bummer. Any reason? No, not really. I''m building a new server to replace my Mandrake system, so I was hoping to get the all the latest (read: stable) stuff. I didn''t know that Apache 2 was still going through growing pains. I guess, if ever, now would be the time to revert. Well, if I don''t get any reasonable responses here, I will make that change. Thanks for your comments. -Chad -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Mike Garey wrote:> any reason you need to use apache 2? Pretty much everything I''ve read > so far has nothing but bad things to say about rails with apache 2.. > I''ve beenusing it with 1.3 with no problems.. > > MikeThere''s nothing wrong with Apache 2.0 it''s fastcgi under Apache 2.0 that''s not so hot. Apache 2.0 with fcgid is a good choice if you needs something simple and relatively fast. Apache 2.2 with Mongrel is a great choice if you need something very configurable with excellent performance and lots of options. Of course there are excellent non Apache choices also. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
I''ve done some reasearch on the apache1.3 -vs- apache2 debate, and I''ve concluded that since I am using the (non-threaded) prefork mpm, I should be safe from most of the apache2 criticisms that I''ve found. Getting back to your latest post, I am using fcgid with apache 2. All of which, I would have to assume has little effect, since removing the "AddHandler fcgid-script" line from the apache2.conf and changing the .htaccess line from RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] to RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L] has no change in the error message: "Application error<br>Change this error message for exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code) in public/500.html" I''m convinced this is a configuration issue. If you could advise me of any RoR log files or other debugging method that would be great. The apache logs don''t tell me anything. A little history: I''m attempting to find a ajax capable replacement for a standard php application. (One that doesn''t require me to roll my own Ajax javascript) I''m looking at some php frameworks and Rails. Unfortunately, if I can''t get past this config issue, rails cannot be my solution. :( I''ve also joined my local rails user group. I will attempt to post this issue there also. Seriously, thanks for both your time up to this point. -Chad Michael Greenly wrote:> Mike Garey wrote: >> any reason you need to use apache 2? Pretty much everything I''ve read >> so far has nothing but bad things to say about rails with apache 2.. >> I''ve beenusing it with 1.3 with no problems.. >> >> Mike > > There''s nothing wrong with Apache 2.0 it''s fastcgi under Apache 2.0 > that''s not so hot. > > Apache 2.0 with fcgid is a good choice if you needs something simple and > relatively fast. > > Apache 2.2 with Mongrel is a great choice if you need something very > configurable with excellent performance and lots of options. > > Of course there are excellent non Apache choices also.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
None of the above debate on Apache1.3 vs Apache2.0 is addressing the problem, which seems to be related to installing the fcgi gem ? See this post for a possible explanation. http://www.hoeg.org/blog/2005/10/24/ruby-gems-and-rails-installation/ A. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Alan Francis wrote:> None of the above debate on Apache1.3 vs Apache2.0 is addressing the > problem, which seems to be related to installing the fcgi gem ? > > See this post for a possible explanation. > > http://www.hoeg.org/blog/2005/10/24/ruby-gems-and-rails-installation/...but as an aside, I''ve been running Apache2.0 with mod_fastcgi just fine for a while now. It doesn''t seem to scale very well, but I''m not using it for anything heavy. It shouldn''t stop you getting started and practicing for production deployment. Alan -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
when I said that I''ve heard nothing but bad things about rails and apache 2, I was indeed referring to fastcgi support. I haven''t actually tried setting up apache 2, so I don''t have any first hand experience with it, but it was the following post which caused me to go with apache 1.3 instead: http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2006/01/railsonapache Mike On 6/16/06, Alan Francis <alancfrancis@gmail.com> wrote:> Alan Francis wrote: > > None of the above debate on Apache1.3 vs Apache2.0 is addressing the > > problem, which seems to be related to installing the fcgi gem ? > > > > See this post for a possible explanation. > > > > http://www.hoeg.org/blog/2005/10/24/ruby-gems-and-rails-installation/ > > ...but as an aside, I''ve been running Apache2.0 with mod_fastcgi just > fine for a while now. It doesn''t seem to scale very well, but I''m not > using it for anything heavy. It shouldn''t stop you getting started and > practicing for production deployment. > > Alan > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
try chown apache:apache /path.to/railsapp could be the cause. also check out the gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_RoR guide. Worked for me flawlessly apache2+fcgid On Jun 16, 2006, at 6:07 PM, Chad Voelker wrote:> I''ve done some reasearch on the apache1.3 -vs- apache2 debate, and > I''ve > concluded that since I am using the (non-threaded) prefork mpm, I > should > be safe from most of the apache2 criticisms that I''ve found. > > Getting back to your latest post, I am using fcgid with apache 2. > All of > which, I would have to assume has little effect, since removing the > "AddHandler fcgid-script" line from the apache2.conf and changing the > .htaccess line from RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L] to > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L] has no change in the error > message: > > "Application error<br>Change this error message for exceptions thrown > outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby > code) in > public/500.html" > > I''m convinced this is a configuration issue. If you could advise me of > any RoR log files or other debugging method that would be great. The > apache logs don''t tell me anything. > > A little history: I''m attempting to find a ajax capable replacement > for > a standard php application. (One that doesn''t require me to roll my > own > Ajax javascript) I''m looking at some php frameworks and Rails. > Unfortunately, if I can''t get past this config issue, rails cannot > be my > solution. :( > > I''ve also joined my local rails user group. I will attempt to post > this > issue there also. > > Seriously, thanks for both your time up to this point. > -Chad > > Michael Greenly wrote: >> Mike Garey wrote: >>> any reason you need to use apache 2? Pretty much everything I''ve >>> read >>> so far has nothing but bad things to say about rails with apache 2.. >>> I''ve beenusing it with 1.3 with no problems.. >>> >>> Mike >> >> There''s nothing wrong with Apache 2.0 it''s fastcgi under Apache 2.0 >> that''s not so hot. >> >> Apache 2.0 with fcgid is a good choice if you needs something >> simple and >> relatively fast. >> >> Apache 2.2 with Mongrel is a great choice if you need something very >> configurable with excellent performance and lots of options. >> >> Of course there are excellent non Apache choices also. > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails--ktolis http://iridium.csd.auth.gr/~ktolis
Chad Voelker wrote:> > $ sudo gem install fcgi > Attempting local installation of ''fcgi'' > Local gem file not found: fcgi*.gem > Attempting remote installation of ''fcgi'' > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > extconf.rb:3:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) > from extconf.rb:3 > ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError) > ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > Gem files will remain installed in > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1 for inspection. > ruby extconf.rb install fcgi\n > > Results logged to > /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/ext/gem_make.outsudo apt-get install libfcgi-dev sudo gem install fcgi -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Michael Greenly wrote:> Chad Voelker wrote: >> >> $ sudo gem install fcgi >> Attempting local installation of ''fcgi'' >> Local gem file not found: fcgi*.gem >> Attempting remote installation of ''fcgi'' >> Building native extensions. This could take a while... >> extconf.rb:3:in `require'': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError) >> from extconf.rb:3 >> ERROR: While executing gem ... (RuntimeError) >> ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. >> Gem files will remain installed in >> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1 for inspection. >> ruby extconf.rb install fcgi\n >> >> Results logged to >> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/fcgi-0.8.6.1/ext/gem_make.out > > sudo apt-get install libfcgi-dev > sudo gem install fcgiI guess you can ignore that I finally went bck and read the first post for real this time... If you are installing libfcgi-ruby1.8 from the repository than you do not want or need the gem. It''s two different ways to get the same thing. You don''t need the gem, so the error telling you it didn''t install is meaningless. Does it run under cgi? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Ok, thanks everyone for your help. I got it running with some combination of the following: * $sudo apt-get install gcc libc6-dev libc-dev I noticed that the gem install was attempting to do a gcc command, and that I didn''t have it installed yet... How could I have possible got a running Linux system up to this point without it? ;) * $sudo gem install fcgi Now works. Seems that it was misreporting not knowing where /usr/include/fcgiapp.h was * $sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ToDo Bingo. No, it was not running under cgi (assuming I was doing everything right). I''m assuming it was the ownership thang. I had everything myusername:www-data with the group write bit set, and group-exec on the .cgi and .fcgi I''d much prefer myusername:www-data. Anyone got suggestions for the appropriate file permissions? Thanks again! -Chad -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
i think you can''t do that. unless you run apache with that users permissions.. why would you want it to be able to *write* to your memspace anyway?.. this way the *hacked* application *could* compromise *your* account... On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:48 PM, Chad Voelker wrote:> Ok, thanks everyone for your help. I got it running with some > combination of the following: > > * $sudo apt-get install gcc libc6-dev libc-dev > I noticed that the gem install was attempting to do a gcc command, > and that I didn''t have it installed yet... How could I have > possible got > a running Linux system up to this point without it? ;) > > * $sudo gem install fcgi > Now works. Seems that it was misreporting not knowing where > /usr/include/fcgiapp.h was > > * $sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ToDo > > Bingo. No, it was not running under cgi (assuming I was doing > everything > right). I''m assuming it was the ownership thang. I had everything > myusername:www-data with the group write bit set, and group-exec on > the > .cgi and .fcgi > > I''d much prefer myusername:www-data. Anyone got suggestions for the > appropriate file permissions? > > Thanks again! > -Chad > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails--ktolis http://iridium.csd.auth.gr/~ktolis