The problem turned out to be fairly simple. The main problem: Apache
handles the ScriptAlias directories so that all files are “executed”
rather than served. I’m assuming also that Apache doesn’t bother looking
at the .htaccess files therein, either.
So instead, I had ‘rails’ put everything into my web document area. The
path issue seems to be resolved without any of my help - I’m assuming
for now that it was automatically configured during the rails install.
Now it works quite nicely, and I can get back to my term paper!
So, if anyone else runs stuck similarly, the moral is: don’t try to save
on configuration time by putting everything straight into /cgi-bin/! So
long as .htaccess files are enabled, anywhere whithin DocumentRoot is a
right place.
HTH,
-natevw
Natevw wrote:
Changed subject to reflect new developments.
I can run the script/server just fine, “Riding the Rails” shows up on
http://myserver.com:3000, but still nothing via my host’s Apache2.At least part of the problem must be with paths. I have ruby
installed
in ~/devtemp/bin. However, most of the scripts reference
“#!/usr/bin/env
ruby” when the path is set to some basic default.I tried SetEnv PATH /home/natevw/devtemp/bin in the
railstest/public/.htaccess, and tried setting ENV[‘PATH’] ||=
‘’
in an environment.rb file. Still no luck!How do I set the CGI’s path correctly so that Ruby sees it?
Googling and forum searching, I’m not finding many others installing
Rails into a hosted account on someone else’s server. Surely this is
not
the case…?-natevw
Natevw wrote:
Alright, I got ruby, rubygem and perhaps rails installed on my
account.I am able to run a plain Ruby script from my cgi-bin.
I can create a whole mess of folders and files by typing “rails
testrails” in my cgi-bin.But after that, I can’t get the wonderful behavior described in all
the tutorials.Going to ‘/cgi-bin/testrails/public/’ gets 404’ed.
When I go to /cgi-bin/testrails/public/index.html, I get the 500
error
defined in the .htaccess file: “Rails application failed to start
properly”Running ./dispatch.cgi straight from the shell leaves the following
in
development.log:Recognition failed for “”
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:488:in
`recognition_failed’
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:478:in
`recognize!’
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
`dispatch’
./dispatch.cgi:10What am I missing?
thanks,
-natevw