# Mongrel Cluster fails to start

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005>\
**Category:** Mongrel\
**Created:** [August 27, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005 "2010-08-27T19:40:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnaroji)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005/1 "2010-08-27T19:40:16Z")

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Mongrel Cluster fails to start

Hello,

I have an issue with Mongrel cluster start-up, when I start the cluster  
I am getting the following error:  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
‘gem\_original\_require’: no such file to load –  
/home/admin/test-project/test-app/config/environment (LoadError)

[I have attached the log file along with this post]

I am using this command to start the server (as root):  
cd \<rails\_app\_path\>/config/environment  
mongrel\_rails cluster::start

For mongrel set-up I did the following (as root):

1. sudo gem install mongrel --include-dependencies
2. sudo gem install mongrel\_cluster --include-dependencies
3. create mongrel user  
useradd -r mongrel
4. groupadd www-data
5. chown -R mongrel:www-data \<rails\_app\_path\>
6. mongrel\_rails cluster::configure -e production -p 3007 -N 2 -c  
\<rails\_app\_path\> -a 127.0.0.1 --user mongrel --group www-data

## I have checked the permissions on the files in the config folder and they are as follows:

## -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 2795 Aug 10 03:24 boot.rb -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 255 Aug 24 13:01 database.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 319 Aug 24 12:51 database.yml.bak -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 2086 Aug 27 11:22 environment.rb drwxr-xr-x 2 mongrel www-data 4096 Aug 27 08:46 environments drwxr-xr-x 2 mongrel www-data 4096 Aug 10 03:24 initializers drwxr-xr-x 2 mongrel www-data 4096 Aug 10 03:24 locales -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 278 Aug 27 12:09 mongrel\_cluster.yml -rw-r–r-- 1 mongrel www-data 4037 Aug 22 09:49 routes.rb

Other details:

1. I have attached the mongrel\_cluster.yml file along with this post.
2. OS - CentOS release 5.4
3. Ruby - v 1.8.7
4. Gem - v 1.3.7
5. Rails - v 2.3.8
6. Mongrel - v 1.1.5
7. Mongrel Cluster - v 1.0.5

“mongrel\_rails start” works fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Govind Naroji

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**Author:** ![gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnaroji)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005/2 "2010-08-27T19:42:26Z")

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Attaching mongrel\_cluster.yml

- Govind Naroji

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**Author:** ![gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnaroji)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005/3 "2010-08-29T15:15:48Z")

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Correction:  
I am using this command to start the server (as root):  
cd \<rails\_app\_path\>  
mongrel\_rails cluster::start

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**Author:** ![gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@gnaroji](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnaroji)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mongrel-cluster-fails-to-start/194005/4 "2010-09-03T02:56:13Z")

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Govind Naroji dijo [Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 07:40:16PM +0200]:

> [I have attached the log file along with this post]  
> (…)

Just stating what’s obvious: Does your application work _without_  
Mongrel? As the www-data user? It smells to me that you have  
downloaded your Gems in your user’s home directory, and they are not  
available for www-data.