# Deployment of first rails app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-of-first-rails-app/114787>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 17, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-of-first-rails-app/114787 "2007-09-17T13:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/don)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-of-first-rails-app/114787/1 "2007-09-17T13:26:45Z")

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Hey Guys,

i have done some rails tutorials and gotten a rails app to work with  
some basic session stuff and some db interaction and it works sweet  
locally. but the problem that i am having is when i deploy it to my  
production server i only get “Rails application failed to start  
properly” and no logging files in the log directory of the app. as i  
am on a shared hosting plan and new to rails i am not sure where to go  
from here?? Things i do know:

i can use the app from the console on the prod server and it works ok.

the database connection information it ok

i have set the RAILS\_ENV variable in the environment.rb file within  
the app to development, but not sure how to tell what it is using?

Any help would be greatly appreciated 😉

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**Author:** ![don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/don)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-of-first-rails-app/114787/2 "2007-09-17T15:44:24Z")

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which serevr you r using.  
better to gay HOST Gator.

by using HOST gator we can easily deploy your rails application.

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**Author:** ![don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@don](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/don)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/deployment-of-first-rails-app/114787/3 "2007-09-17T15:45:24Z")

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