# Rails app on Apache2 not finding Style sheets **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 19, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173 "2006-09-19T05:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173/1 "2006-09-19T05:03:53Z")
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/](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 Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi AllowOverride all Order allow,deny Allow from all ``` 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 ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173/2 "2006-09-19T14:08:42Z")
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: > **[Someserver.com may be for sale - PerfectDomain.com](https://perfectdomain.com/domain/someserver.com)** > > Checkout the full domain details of Someserver.com. Click Buy Now to instantly start the transaction or Make an offer to the seller! I don’t want a virtual server ([radiant.someserver.com](http://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: \ 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 > **[Someserver.com may be for sale - PerfectDomain.com](https://perfectdomain.com/domain/someserver.com)** > > Checkout the full domain details of Someserver.com. Click Buy Now to instantly start the transaction or Make an offer to the seller! If I try to go to the Archives link, which should be [someserver.com/radiant/archives](http://someserver.com/radiant/archives) it’s trying to go to [someserver.com/archives](http://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! ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173/3 "2006-09-19T15:16:50Z")
On 9/19/06, John T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) 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? ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173/4 "2006-09-20T04:07:39Z")
On 9/19/06, John T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) 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](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](http://mysite.com/radiant/about) is coming out as [http://mysite.com/about](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??? ---
**Author:** ![johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@johnt519](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johnt519)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-on-apache2-not-finding-style-sheets/69173/5 "2006-09-25T19:55:28Z")
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://pinkpucker.net/2006/1/31/getting-multiple-rails-sites-going-on-one-domain-using-lighttpd) [http://forum.textdrive.com/viewtopic.php?pid=62648](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.