# Instant Rails SCGI Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594 "2006-04-12T09:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594/1 "2006-04-12T09:41:43Z")
I have installed instant rails and configured it [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting\_Started](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting_Started) I can get typo and webrick to work on webrick localhost:3000 but cant get anything to work with scgi. When i start the scgi server i get a blank dos window screen. When i type [www.mycookbook.com](http://www.mycookbook.com) into the browser i get the following Unable to connect Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at [www.mycookbook.com](http://www.mycookbook.com). I have looked at the common errors at the bottom of the page below but none of them seem to help. [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting\_Started](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Getting_Started) I have added the following to the bottom of the windows host file 127.0.0.1 [www.mycookbook.com](http://www.mycookbook.com) 127.0.0.1 typo Anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594/2 "2006-04-12T13:14:22Z")
On 4/12/06, John B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at > Anyone help? > It sounds like apache isn’t runing. Does the Instant Rails manager > show a “green” status for apache (indicating that it is up and > running)? Also, check the apache access log and error log to see if there are any clues. You can open these via the Instant Rails main menu: I\>\>Log Files Curt ---
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594/3 "2006-04-12T13:58:27Z")
Both Apache and MySQL have a green light. There are no entries in the apache access log or error log. ---
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594/4 "2006-04-12T15:42:02Z")
John B. wrote: > Both Apache and MySQL have a green light. There are no entries in the > apache access log or error log. Add the following batch file to your application’s folder and use it to start SCGI: SET RUBY\_HOME=%CD%…\ruby SET MYSQL\_HOME=%CD%…\mysql SET PATH=%RUBY\_HOME%\bin;%MYSQL\_HOME%\bin; call ruby %RUBY\_HOME%\bin\scgi\_service pause If there is an error, the pause in the batch file will let to see what happened Ed p.s. I like to see in the SCGI console which app is running, so I added the following change which is just cosmetic. To display the environment and the port in the SCGI console window, instead of the current blank window, I made the following changes: C:\InstantRails-1.2\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\scgi\_rails-0.4.3\bin\scgi\_service \ # Added Port for display – Ed Gard def configure\_rails(environment, port) ENV[“RAILS\_ENV”] = environment # Added to display environment and port – Ed Gard STDERR.puts(“Environment: #{environment}; Port: #{port}”) require “config/environment” ActiveRecord::Base.threaded\_connections = false require ‘dispatcher’ end class RailsController \< SCGI::Controller def initialize(config\_file) @config\_file = config\_file # Added the port for display – Ed Gard configure\_rails(config[:env], config[:port]) super(RailsProcessor.new(config)) end \ ---
**Author:** ![johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johnnybutler7](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnnybutler7)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-scgi-problem/57594/5 "2006-04-13T15:47:00Z")
On 4/12/06, John B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Both Apache and MySQL have a green light. There are no entries in the > apache access log or error log. What version of windows are you running? This should work on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, but not on Windows 98. Are you running anything else that might be using port 80 (skype, for example, does this)? This should be detected by Apache, but I’m just trying to cover all the bases here. Curt