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Adam

2006-Oct-03 15:21 UTC

[Instantrails-users] problems getting InstantRails working

Hi. My 1st post!

Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine for most of 
yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get IIS to bring up a Rails 
page on localhost.

So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed ok, but I 
cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app .. have 
gone through the instructions, and put the index.html from the cookbook 
app folder into the www folder. It says:

The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server.

(after loading http://www.railscookbook.com which redirects to 
http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list)

If i try http://www.railscookbook.com:3001 it just loads forever.

This is all on Firefox.

Thanks in advance
Adam

Curt Hibbs

2006-Oct-03 18:14 UTC

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On 10/3/06, Adam <adam at prettystudio.co.uk>
wrote:>
> Hi. My 1st post!
>
> Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine for most
of
> yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get IIS to bring up a Rails
> page on localhost.
>
> So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed ok, but I
> cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app .. have
> gone through the instructions, and put the index.html from the cookbook
> app folder into the www folder. It says:
>
> The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server.
>
> (after loading http://www.railscookbook.com which redirects to
> http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list)
>
> If i try http://www.railscookbook.com:3001 it just loads forever.
>
> This is all on Firefox.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Adam
>
Are you using the newly released Instant Rails 1.4 preview1? If not, go
download and install it.

Next, start the cookbook app by:

   - Select "Rails Applications > Manage Rails Applications..."
   - Check the checkbox next to the cookbook app
   - Press the "Start with Mongrel" button.

You should be able to browse to:

    http://localhost:3001/

Assuming that the above worked, the apache config file already has a virtual
host directive that will serve up the cookbook using the named host url:

    http://www.mycookbook.com/

But you first must edit you Windows HOSTS file to add this domain name so
that your local machine can fake itself into thinking that your machine is
"
www.mycookbook.com":

   - Select "Configure > Windows hosts file"
   - Add a line at the end that says "127.0.0.1    www.mycookbook.com"

You should now be able to browse to:

    http://www.mycookbook.com/

WARNING: This will not work if you have your browser connection set to use a
proxy server.

Curt
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William (Bill) Froelich

2006-Oct-03 18:23 UTC

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> -----Original Message-----
> Hi. My 1st post!
> 
> Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine 
> for most of yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get 
> IIS to bring up a Rails page on localhost.
> 
> So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed 
> ok, but I cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the 
> cookbook app .. have gone through the instructions, and put 
> the index.html from the cookbook app folder into the www 
> folder. It says:
> 
> The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server.
> 
> (after loading http://www.railscookbook.com which redirects to
> http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list) 
It sounds like you are trying to have IIS serve up your Rails app.  Out
of the box InstantRails is configured to use apache for serving the
apps.  I suspect that there may be a port conflict between Apache and
IIS on port 80.

I would try shutting down IIS and following the InstantRails
instructions to confirm that the IR setup is working as expected.  Then
you can decide on how to move forward with IIS. I recall from others
posts to the main Rails list that getting IIS working can be
challenging.
> If i try http://www.railscookbook.com:3001 it just loads forever.
> 
> This is all on Firefox.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Adam
This is typically a development URL that would be used with the dev web
server.  You can test this by going to the cookbook app directory and
starting Webrick from a command prompt.

c:\InstantRails-1.3\rails_apps\cookbook>ruby script/server

You should see output like the following

=> Booting WEBrick...
=> Rails application started on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options
[2006-10-03 13:19:49] INFO  WEBrick 1.3.1
[2006-10-03 13:19:49] INFO  ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-mswin32]
[2006-10-03 13:19:49] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=13148
port=3000

Then you can go to http://www.railscookbook.com:3000 and it should load
up as expected (assuming you made the entry in your local hosts file).

What I typically use is http://localhost:3000 for my development testing

Let us know if this works or what results you get and we can try
troubleshooting more.

Good luck and welcome to Rails!

--Bill

Bill Walton

2006-Oct-03 18:57 UTC

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Adam wrote:
> Hi. My 1st post!
Welcome!
> So InstantRails seemed like the way forward.
Absolutely!
> Got it installed ok, but I
> cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app ..
Probably not ok then ;-)
> have gone through the instructions,
Which ones, exactly?
> If i try http://www.railscookbook.com:3001 it just loads forever.
Make sure your Windows Hosts file has an entry for localhost at 127.0.0.0. 
Then, using the IR Manager, start the app using WEBrick (not Apache for 
this).  Then try http://localhost:3000.

hth,
Bill

Tim Uckun

2006-Oct-03 19:38 UTC

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Did you modify your hosts file?

On 10/4/06, Adam <adam at prettystudio.co.uk>
wrote:> Hi. My 1st post!
>
> Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine for most
of
> yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get IIS to bring up a Rails
> page on localhost.
>
> So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed ok, but I
> cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app .. have
> gone through the instructions, and put the index.html from the cookbook
> app folder into the www folder. It says:
>
> The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server.
>
> (after loading http://www.railscookbook.com which redirects to
> http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list)
>
> If i try http://www.railscookbook.com:3001 it just loads forever.
>
> This is all on Firefox.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Adam
>
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David Morton

2006-Oct-04 03:54 UTC

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What instructions say to do that???

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Adam

2006-Oct-04 10:39 UTC

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Curt Hibbs wrote:
<blockquote
 cite="mid31d15f490610031114h793fef04jc2ad15dd02807831@mail.gmail.com"
 type="cite">On 10/3/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Adam</b> <<a
 href="mailto:adam@prettystudio.co.uk">adam@prettystudio.co.uk</a>>
wrote:
  <div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
  <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
 style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi.
My 1st post!<br>
    <br>
Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine for
most of<br>
yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get IIS to bring up a Rails<br>
page on localhost.<br>
    <br>
So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed ok, but I
    <br>
cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app ..
have<br>
gone through the instructions, and put the index.html from the
cookbook<br>
app folder into the www folder. It says:<br>
    <br>
The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server.
    <br>
    <br>
(after loading <a
href="http://www.railscookbook.com">http://www.railscookbook.com</a>
which redirects to<br>
    <a
href="http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list">http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list</a>)<br>
    <br>
If i try <a
href="http://www.railscookbook.com:3001">http://www.railscookbook.com:3001</a>
it just loads forever.<br>
    <br>
This is all on Firefox.<br>
    <br>
Thanks in advance<br>
Adam<br>
  </blockquote>
  </div>
  <br>
Are you using the newly released Instant Rails 1.4 preview1? If not, go
download and install it.<br>
  <br>
Next, start the cookbook app by:<br>
  <ul>
    <li>Select "Rails Applications > Manage Rails
Applications..."</li>
    <li>Check the checkbox next to the cookbook app
    </li>
    <li>Press the "Start with Mongrel" button.</li>
  </ul>
You should be able to browse to:<br>
  <br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a
href="http://localhost:3001/">http://localhost:3001/</a><br>
</blockquote>
<br>
This is where it goes wrong... just get endless loading.&nbsp; <br>
I''ve tried looking for another Apache instance running, and made sure
IIS is off. <br>
<br>
Any further help much appreciated!<br>
Thanks<br>
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Adam

2006-Oct-04 12:45 UTC

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Curt Hibbs wrote:
<blockquote
 cite="mid31d15f490610040535i741dad2cs8e37829cdc5d4f67@mail.gmail.com"
 type="cite">On 10/4/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Adam</b> <<a
 href="mailto:adam@prettystudio.co.uk">adam@prettystudio.co.uk</a>>
wrote:
  <div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
  <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
 style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
    <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><span
class="q">Curt Hibbs
wrote:
    <blockquote
 cite="http://mid31d15f490610031114h793fef04jc2ad15dd02807831@mail.gmail.com"
 type="cite">On 10/3/06, <b
class="gmail_sendername">Adam</b> <<a
 href="mailto:adam@prettystudio.co.uk" target="_blank"
 onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
adam@prettystudio.co.uk</a>>
wrote:
      <div><span class="gmail_quote"></span>
      <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
 style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi.
My 1st post!<br>
        <br>
Been trying to get Ruby & Rails working on a windows machine for
most of<br>
yesterday. Gave up after not being able to get IIS to bring up a Rails<br>
page on localhost.<br>
        <br>
So InstantRails seemed like the way forward. Got it installed ok, but I
        <br>
cant get it to serve Rails pages, specifically the cookbook app ..
have<br>
gone through the instructions, and put the index.html from the
cookbook<br>
app folder into the www folder. It says:<br>
        <br>
The requested URL /recipe/list was not found on this server. <br>
        <br>
(after loading <a href="http://www.railscookbook.com"
target="_blank"
 onclick="return
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.railscookbook.com</a>
which redirects to<br>
        <a href="http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list"
 target="_blank" onclick="return
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.railscookbook.com/recipe/list</a>)<br>
        <br>
If i try <a href="http://www.railscookbook.com:3001"
target="_blank"
 onclick="return
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.railscookbook.com:3001</a>
it just loads forever.<br>
        <br>
This is all on Firefox.<br>
        <br>
Thanks in advance<br>
Adam<br>
      </blockquote>
      </div>
      <br>
Are you using the newly released Instant Rails 1.4 preview1? If not, go
download and install it.<br>
      <br>
Next, start the cookbook app by:<br>
      <ul>
        <li>Select "Rails Applications > Manage Rails
Applications..."</li>
        <li>Check the checkbox next to the cookbook app </li>
        <li>Press the "Start with Mongrel" button.</li>
      </ul>
You should be able to browse to:<br>
      <br>
&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="http://localhost:3001/"
target="_blank"
 onclick="return
top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://localhost:3001/</a><br>
    </blockquote>
    </span><br>
This is where it goes wrong... just get endless loading.&nbsp; <br>
I''ve tried looking for another Apache instance running, and made sure
IIS is off. <br>
    <br>
Any further help much appreciated!<br>
Thanks<br>
    </div>
  </blockquote>
  </div>
  <br>
  <br>
At this point, Apache and IIS and not involved... you are connecting
directly to the Mongrel server on port 3001.<br>
  <br>
Take a look at you Mongrel console window to confirm that Mongrel is
serving up the cookbook app on port 3001. Then try <a
 href="http://127.0.0.1:3001/">http://127.0.0.1:3001/</a>
instead of
localhost. <br>
  <br>
When you do this Mongrel should write a line to its console window
showing that it received a GET request. If this doesn''t happen, then
something is interfering with your network connections. Shutdown all
firewalls and try again. Failing that, scan you system for virus and
other malware. Try it on another machine so that you can see what
successful behavior looks like.
  <br>
  <br>
Curt<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Thanks - what I get in the Mongrel console window is:<br>
<br>
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3001<br>
** Starting Rails with development environment ...<br>
** Rails loaded.<br>
** Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins<br>
** Signals ready.&nbsp; INT => stop (no restart).<br>
** Mongrel available at 0.0.0.0:3001<br>
** Use CTRL-C to stop.<br>
127.0.0.1 - [Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:19:00 GMT] "GET / HTTP/1.1"<br>
127.0.0.1 - [Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:19:00 GMT] "GET /favicon.ico
HTTP/1.1"<br>
127.0.0.1 - [Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:19:00 GMT] "GET /recipe/list
HTTP/1.1"<br>
<br>
<br>
About to try it on another machine...<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Adam.<br>
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