Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my wits end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but I keep getting the Application error Rails application failed to start properly" Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still no use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a fresh GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GoDaddy-Woes-tf1976730.html#a5422630 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com.
SSpalding wrote:> Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my > wits > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but > I > keep getting the > > Application error > Rails application failed to start properly" > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still > no > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a > fresh > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/GoDaddy-Woes-tf1976730.html#a5422630 > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com.Best of luck to you! I cancelled my account last night after a week of trying to get it to work! I''m moving on to DreamHost. GoDaddy support was horrible and basically told me to figure it out on my own because they didn''t have the resources to help. They checked that the server was up and said that it had to be something in my app because everything on their side looked fine. With limited access it was impossible for me to troubleshoot so I''m hoping my experience with DreamHost will be better. Michael mmodica at cox dot net -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 7/20/06, Michael <codeslush@yahoo.com> wrote:> > SSpalding wrote: > > Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my > > wits > > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but > > I > > keep getting the > > > > Application error > > Rails application failed to start properly" > > > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still > > no > > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a > > fresh > > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://www.nabble.com/GoDaddy-Woes-tf1976730.html#a5422630 > > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com. > > > Best of luck to you! I cancelled my account last night after a week of > trying to get it to work! I''m moving on to DreamHost. GoDaddy support > was horrible and basically told me to figure it out on my own because > they didn''t have the resources to help. They checked that the server > was up and said that it had to be something in my app because everything > on their side looked fine. With limited access it was impossible for me > to troubleshoot so I''m hoping my experience with DreamHost will be > better. > > Michael > mmodica at cox dot net > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >i <3 my dreamhost, just remember to change your account to ssh/sftp for extra security. By default it is just ftp and telnet (shivers) - Ryan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060720/217cc264/attachment.html
SSpalding wrote:> Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy?I''d considered trying GoDaddy and had a brief chat with their technical folks (after convincing the sales guy he couldn''t answer my questions). As of about a month ago, they had one guy working 3rd shift who was ''playing with it.'' That news made me look elsewhere. <plug> A look at the Rails wiki this weekend made me decide to give a2hosting a try. I''m optimistic about the product I''m about to bring to market (No duh :-) ) and was looking for a service I could grow with; from shared hosting through VPS to a dedicated server. They were one of the very few that could offer that. What turned the trick, though, was that they were the only ones whose posting mentioned support for Mongrel. So mid-Monday this week I signed up for a one month deal on their Small Business plan ($9.95 by the month, $7.95/month for a one year contract). They had me set up within a couple of hours. Tuesday morning I started and had my site functional my mid-afternoon. Tuesday afternoon, about 4:30PM I entered a ticket asking them to set up Mongrel for my site. I got an email from a Level 3 support person at 8:09AM Wednesday asking me for some additional information about the app''s location on the server (main vs sub-domain, what directory, etc.). I responded at 10:40AM and got an email telling me it was all done at 2:55PM. Important bit of background: this is my very first RoR deployment. And it''s done! Bottom line: I couldn''t be happier with a2hosting. Rates are good. Service is, IME, top notch. Mongrel is speedy as hell. Their cpanel is useful as all getout. Only thing I needed that I didn''t have was puTTY. And that, of course, is free! All is well with the world ;-) </plug> hth, Bill
I''m another GoDaddy victim. I volunteered to set up a content-managed site and decided to use typo. I built the whole thing locally and when GoDaddy finally got around to getting everything ready (another story about domain management...) I deployed it to..... Nothing. Filed a ticket. Response was: " Thank you for contacting hosting support. We have examined your hosting account and it has been determined that the Typo installation that you have installed, or other Ruby on Rails code that you have uploaded is preventing the site from functioning properly. We recommend that you check the documentation of this Typo software regarding the issue, or otherwise adjust your code to ensure that is functioning to your specifications." In other words, we don''t know, try something else and if it works, we''re smart. But they''re not. I rewrote the thing in PHP, got it finished and will never darken their door again. Look forward to trying a2hosting. Danilo Gurovich Principal Engineer, Value Added Services EarthLink 2947 Bradley Drive Pasadena, CA 91107 626.296.5805 ? ofc 818.554.4022 ? mob ?You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin'' laser beams attached to their heads!?
Hi Danilo, Danilo Gurovich wrote:> I''m another GoDaddy victim. I volunteered to set up > a content-managed site and decided to use typo.> Look forward to trying a2hosting.a2hosting supports typo and has a little tutorial for setting it up at https://support.a2hosting.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=378&nav=0,23,36 I should have mentioned that I _did_ have one beef with them. Their "What is Ruby on Rails" page says "If your account has SSH access, you can install rails yourself by simply typing "rails /path/to/rails" where ''/path/to/rails'' is a directory of your choosing under your home directory. ... [I]f your username is USER, these are the steps to setting up rails under your account: cd /home/USER rails /home/USER/railsapp cd public_html ln -s ../railsapp/public railsI was so intimidated by the prospect of having to ''install Rails'' on a Linux box that I didn''t recognize this for what it was. This is not installing Rails. This is generating a Rails app. Rails was already installed and ready to go! Duh ;-) Best regards, Bill
Yeah. They don''t have a clue. I got it working and its pretty fast. Not a good environment for business apps but it will run a personal just file. I can''t type much and there are a few steps. If I sent you an audio file, would you type it up for me? On 7/20/06, SSpalding <sbspalding@gmail.com> wrote:> > > Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my > wits > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but I > keep getting the > > Application error > Rails application failed to start properly" > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still no > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a fresh > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/GoDaddy-Woes-tf1976730.html#a5422630 > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060720/4b491eca/attachment.html
Yea, I''d be glad to do anything to help those who have the misfortune of having to use GoDaddy for their project. Send me the file and I''ll transcribe it. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/GoDaddy-Woes-tf1976730.html#a5426614 Sent from the RubyOnRails Users forum at Nabble.com.
SSpalding <sbspalding@...> writes:> > > Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my wits > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but I > keep getting the > > Application error > Rails application failed to start properly" > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still no > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a fresh > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. >Hi, I work in the hosting development group for Go Daddy and just saw your post. If you''d like, I can take a look at why your application doesn''t seem to be starting in our environment. It sounds like you''ve gone through our help articles so I''d like to figure out how we can improve our process, add tools for debugging, etc... In the meantime, some quick thoughts (and I apologize up front if you''ve already checked these): * you can enable error log reporting in your hosting account''s control panel which may show more information on the error. * our default path only has support for Rails 1.0.0. If your application requires 1.1.2 you can find instructions on modifying your application to use our 1.1.2 installation. * double-check your database settings, including the driver used for production since your app is put into that mode by default (we''ve seen folks accidentally setting sqlite instead of mysql, or vice-versa) * Line-endings on the dispatch.cgi file comes up where apache can''t find ruby; also just checking the location of ruby in dispatch.cgi''s shebang line. Feel free to email me at hosting@godaddy.com and we can verify your account and get your Rails app up and running. Thanks! jason
I sent him the audio file and he got up and running. He''s going to type it up and I''ll post it to my site (and link it here). On 7/21/06, jason <hosting@godaddy.com> wrote:> > SSpalding <sbspalding@...> writes: > > > > > > Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my > wits > > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but > I > > keep getting the > > > > Application error > > Rails application failed to start properly" > > > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s still > no > > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a > fresh > > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > Hi, > > I work in the hosting development group for Go Daddy and just saw your > post. If you''d like, I can take a look at why your application > doesn''t seem to be starting in our environment. It sounds like you''ve > gone through our help articles so I''d like to figure out how we can > improve our process, add tools for debugging, etc... > > In the meantime, some quick thoughts (and I apologize up front if > you''ve already checked these): > * you can enable error log reporting in your hosting account''s > control panel which may show more information on the error. > > * our default path only has support for Rails 1.0.0. If your > application requires 1.1.2 you can find instructions on modifying > your application to use our 1.1.2 installation. > > * double-check your database settings, including the driver used for > production since your app is put into that mode by default (we''ve > seen folks accidentally setting sqlite instead of mysql, or vice-versa) > > * Line-endings on the dispatch.cgi file comes up where apache can''t > find ruby; also just checking the location of ruby in > dispatch.cgi''s shebang line. > > Feel free to email me at hosting@godaddy.com and we can verify your > account and get your Rails app up and running. > > Thanks! > > jason > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060722/967a6746/attachment.html
SSpalding wrote:> Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at my > wits > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center but...> If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a > fresh > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. >Ezra turned me on to rimuhosting.com. Arguably the best customer service and tech support on the planet. I''ve been really happy with them. best, jp -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHostsGoDaddyComments On 7/21/06, Michael Genereux <mgenereu@gmail.com> wrote:> > I sent him the audio file and he got up and running. He''s going to type > it up and I''ll post it to my site (and link it here). > > > On 7/21/06, jason < hosting@godaddy.com> wrote: > > > > SSpalding <sbspalding@...> writes: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone had any luck setting up a Rails App using GoDaddy? I''m at > > my wits > > > end, I uploaded the site using the "instructions" in the Help Center > > but I > > > keep getting the > > > > > > Application error > > > Rails application failed to start properly" > > > > > > Error. I''ve lucked all over for help, and I''ve tried a bunch of things > > > (adjusting the chmod values of my dispatch files etc...) but it''s > > still no > > > use. If anyone has some "step by step" instructions for adjusting a > > fresh > > > GoDaddy upload that would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I work in the hosting development group for Go Daddy and just saw your > > post. If you''d like, I can take a look at why your application > > doesn''t seem to be starting in our environment. It sounds like you''ve > > gone through our help articles so I''d like to figure out how we can > > improve our process, add tools for debugging, etc... > > > > In the meantime, some quick thoughts (and I apologize up front if > > you''ve already checked these): > > * you can enable error log reporting in your hosting account''s > > control panel which may show more information on the error. > > > > * our default path only has support for Rails 1.0.0. If your > > application requires 1.1.2 you can find instructions on modifying > > your application to use our 1.1.2 installation. > > > > * double-check your database settings, including the driver used for > > production since your app is put into that mode by default (we''ve > > seen folks accidentally setting sqlite instead of mysql, or > > vice-versa) > > > > * Line-endings on the dispatch.cgi file comes up where apache can''t > > find ruby; also just checking the location of ruby in > > dispatch.cgi''s shebang line. > > > > Feel free to email me at hosting@godaddy.com and we can verify your > > account and get your Rails app up and running. > > > > Thanks! > > > > jason > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060726/3c7321d9/attachment.html
To follow up on prior posts - I my Rails app working on GoDaddy. Its
not a very complex app, but it seems quite snappy with FCGI. If you
google around, there are quite a few complaints about GoDaddy being
slow, and I wonder if they might be the result of using CGI. I only
got into this because I already had static pages on GoDaddy and
thought it might be easier to just do some initial beta testing there
rather than hunting for my "real" Rails host right now. However,
because of the limitations of GoDaddy, I''m not sure that its worth
the effort - the DB setup is particularly a pain in the rear if
you''re all set up in Capistrano with migrations.
The following pages were helpful:
http://help.godaddy.com/article_list.php?topic_id=266&prog_id=GoDaddy&
http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/RailsWebHostsGoDaddyComments
http://www.db75.com/new_blog/?p=237
and these are the actual steps I followed to get it going:
- Use the CGI control panel to create a rails app directory and an
alias to it, if necessary
- FTP the application content folders (app, public, etc.) into the
directory you created. If the FTP hangs up (and it probably will),
you''ll need to manually verify that every single file went over OK.
- Edit the .htaccess file created by GoDaddy in the top level
directory (above public) from pointing to dispatch.cgi to
dispatch.fcgi (its not clear that this file actually does anything)
- Ensure the public/.htaccess file contains the following lines and
remove or comment out the dispatch.cgi line:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /your-app-alias
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]
- Add or edit the following lines in config/environment.rb
RAILS_GEM_VERSION = ''1.0.0''
ENV[''GEM_HOME''] =
''/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems-dev/1.8''
- Ensure the shebang line in the files in the public directory
point to GoDaddy''s ruby path
#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
- Change the permissions on the dispatch.fcgi and dispatch.rb files
to 775
- Set up the MySQL database using the control panel, and setup your
database.yml file using the server info for your database. You find
this info by opening your hosting control panel, click on the MySQL
button so you get a new window that lists your databases. Each
database has three icons on the far right of its row. The first of
these looks like a spreadsheet behind a terminal - this is the
"connection strings" button that will reveal the actual host of that
MySQL database. Your database.yml needs:
production:
adapter: mysql
host: mysql93.secureserver.net <= use your connection string
here
database: your-dbname
username: your-uname
password: your-pwd
- Load the schema and data using your MySQL admin panel. This is
activated by the "Open Manager" button button in the database control
panel described in the previous step. You need SQL for the tables and
data.
- And Finally - hit the site and see if you''re up. If so, give
yourself a medal - you earned it.
SR
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