Rails app on Apache2 not finding Style sheets

Rails
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I’m trying to set up a rails app (Radiant CMS) on Apache2 (on Ubuntu).
It sort of works, but I can’t get the right configuration to see the
right items.

When I try to access the site, I’m seeing an unstyled page, and the
apache error log shows:

[Mon Sep 18 23:03:08 2006] [error] [client 10.1.1.101] File does not
exist: /var/www/styles.css, referer: http://10.1.1.104/radiant/

I don’t know why it’s trying to find the style sheet in /var/www.

The app is set up in /var/www/radiant and my Apache site config file is:

DocumentRoot /var/www/radiant/public/

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
Alias /radiant /var/www/radiant/public

<Directory /var/www/radiant/>
  Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
  AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
  AllowOverride all
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all

</Directory>

This isn’t the first Rails app I’ve tried to get running under Apache.
Can someone please post the appropriate voodoo to make it work? (BTW,
it works fine using script/server)

Thanks,

jt

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Ok, maybe I need to ask a more basic question…

What’s the magic that I need to put into the file in
/etc/apache2/sites-available that will let me access a rails app like:

I don’t want a virtual server (radiant.someserver.com), but use the
format above. I was able to get the Radiant main page to show with
style sheet by changing a line to:

<Directory /var/www/radiant/public/>

But when, in this case, I try to click on an article, it’s assuming
that the app is at the root of the server, so is trying to serve up

If I try to go to the Archives link, which should be

someserver.com/radiant/archives

it’s trying to go to

someserver.com/archives

completely ignoring the directory I set up.

Please?? Any hints or pointers? Setting up a Rails app can’t be this
difficult!

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On 9/19/06, John T. [email protected] wrote:

Ok, maybe I need to ask a more basic question…

What’s the magic that I need to put into the file in
/etc/apache2/sites-available that will let me access a rails app like:

Just wondering… should I not even have the item setup in
/etc/apache2/sites-available?

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On 9/19/06, John T. [email protected] wrote:

Just wondering… should I not even have the item setup in
/etc/apache2/sites-available?

Nope. That didn’t help.

Again… when I go to http://mysite.com/radiant, I do get the front
page. But all of the links, that should have /radiant/ , don’t:

http://mysite.com/radiant/about is coming out as http://mysite.com/about

and in the Admin pages, when I try to expand one of the sections, I’m
seeing the request headers:

Set-Cookie: _session_id=faa1dbd5cf25b0b70243262c11414317; path=/
Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=98 Connection: Keep-Alive
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8 0

Anyone please have a hint on setting up a Rails app on Apache under a
subdirectory???

Please???

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Have you considered Lighty? I see some people successfully doing what
you describe using that instead of Apache:

http://pinkpucker.net/2006/1/31/getting-multiple-rails-sites-going-on-one-domain-using-lighttpd
http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?pid=62648

I’d try to help from personal experience but I’ve had difficulties
myself hosting two Rails apps on one domain.

Let us know how/when you solve this.