# Apache/fastcgi setup can't find custom config/\*.yml file!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748 "2006-04-13T17:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748/1 "2006-04-13T17:53:55Z")

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All,

Apache 2/FastCGI on Linux

My fastcgi config. file is set up to run the “test” RAILS\_ENV.

When I go to access a view associated with a particular controller, I  
keep getting a ENOENT (file not found) error on a custom config. file  
that I am attempting to load.

What I can’t figure out is why it can’t find the file.

Here’s the code that loads it in my controller:

require ‘yaml’

class ESimplyController \< ApplicationController  
@@config = “”  
@@config = YAML.load\_file(“config/eSimplyConf.yml”)

This setup works fine in my development environment.

When this code gets called, I get the following error in my test.log  
file:

Errno::ENOENT (No such file or directory - config/eSimplyConf.yml):  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:143:in `initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:143:in`load\_file’  
/app/controllers/e\_simply\_controller.rb:5  
/usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:21:in  
`require' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependenc ies.rb:147:in`require’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependenc  
ies.rb:65:in `require_or_load' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependenc ies.rb:30:in`depend\_on’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependenc  
ies.rb:85:in `require_dependency' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependenc ies.rb:98:in`const\_missing’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependenc  
ies.rb:131:in `const_missing' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing. rb:237:in`traverse\_to\_controller’  
generated/routing/recognition.rb:30:in `eval' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing. rb:237:in`traverse\_to\_controller’  
generated/routing/recognition.rb:30:in `recognize_path' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing. rb:477:in`recognize!’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in  
`dispatch' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:150:in`process\_  
request’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:54:in  
`process!' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:600:in`each\_cgi’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:117:in `session' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:104:in`each\_request’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:36:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:597:in`each\_cgi’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:53:in  
`process!' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:23:in`process!’  
/var/www/html/eSimplyTest/public/dispatch.fcgi:26

Rendering  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/te  
mplates/rescues/layout.rhtml (500 Internal Error)

=========== END OF ERROR =======================

I’m under the impression that the relative path to my config file is OK  
and that it will just be interpreted relative to RAILS\_ROOT (which to  
the best of my knowledge, is correct)? Is that not true for some  
reason?

Thanks,  
Wes

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**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748/2 "2006-04-13T18:17:47Z")

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What I really can’t figure out is why it can find the database.yml file  
but not my custom one.

Is there something special about the way that yaml.rb looks for files?

Some env. var. that I need to set?

Wes

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**Author:** ![weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7ab992/32.png) [@weyus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/weyus)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748/3 "2006-04-13T23:35:48Z")

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On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Wes G. wrote:

> –  
> Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
> 
> * * *
> 
> Rails mailing list  
> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)

Wes-

```
When you try to load files from the filesystem in a rails app, never

```

use relative paths or you will get errors just like you are seeing.  
Change this line:

@@config = YAML.load\_file(“config/eSimplyConf.yml”)

To this:

@@config = YAML.load\_file(“#{RAILS\_ROOT}/config/eSimplyConf.yml”)

And you will be good to go.

Cheers-  
-Ezra

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**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748/4 "2006-04-14T01:41:18Z")

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Wes-

```
THe book is called Rails Deployment. SO it will cover running your

```

own VPS or dedicated server for rails as well as shared hosting and  
clusters. It also has many practical development techniques and  
advanced active record tips and well as a TDD and BDD chapter. I am  
pushing hard to get the beta book out before RailsCOnf in June.

Cheers-  
-Ezra

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**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fastcgi-setup-cant-find-custom-config-yml-file/57748/5 "2006-04-13T23:58:33Z")

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Ezra,

Thanks! That was exactly my problem - that I wasn’t using “absolute”  
paths.

Just growing pains into big-boy deployment.

When’s your book coming out and what will it be?

Wes

Ezra Z. wrote:

> On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Wes G. wrote:
> 
> > –  
> > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).
> > 
> > * * *
> > 
> > Rails mailing list  
> > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid  
> > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails)
> 
> Wes-
> 
> When you try to load files from the filesystem in a rails app, never  
> use relative paths or you will get errors just like you are seeing.  
> Change this line:
> 
> @@config = YAML.load\_file(“config/eSimplyConf.yml”)
> 
> To this:
> 
> @@config = YAML.load\_file(“#{RAILS\_ROOT}/config/eSimplyConf.yml”)
> 
> And you will be good to go.
> 
> Cheers-  
> -Ezra