# Import an existing app

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 8, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092 "2008-05-08T22:23:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyberthug)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092/1 "2008-05-08T22:23:04Z")

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I’m setting up a dev environment for an existing ruby app. I grabbed  
the app files & database via SVN. I changed the database.yml file but  
I can’t even reach any page other than the default Welcome to Rails  
page!.

What am I missing?

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**Author:** ![cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyberthug)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092/2 "2008-05-09T00:10:09Z")

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Hard to say. Are there any clues in log/development.log?

Regards,  
Craig

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**Author:** ![cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyberthug)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092/3 "2008-05-12T14:54:40Z")

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Strange. If it is an existing app it shouldn’t have a public/index.html,  
so  
where does that “default Welcome to Rails page” come from?

cyberthug schrieb:

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**Author:** ![cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8e7dd6/32.png) [@cyberthug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cyberthug)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/import-an-existing-app/137092/4 "2008-05-12T22:31:42Z")

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That should have been the first clue. Remove (or change) the default  
page and setup a default route.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 8:53 AM, Ix Quic [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > page!.
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> > What am I missing?
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> >

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James M.