# Rails app works only if created directly on server; transfer **URL:** \ **Category:** Deployment\ **Created:** [June 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-works-only-if-created-directly-on-server-transfer/105940 "2007-06-04T21:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_King)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-works-only-if-created-directly-on-server-transfer/105940/1 "2007-06-04T21:02:02Z")
Hey guys, I have a Rails deployment issue. If I run the ‘rails app\_name’ command on my server directly, then run that, then the app runs fine. But, if I run ‘rails app\_name’ on my desktop and then upload the app to the server, then I get a ‘xxx failed to start properly.’ error. How do I fix this? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_King)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-works-only-if-created-directly-on-server-transfer/105940/2 "2007-06-04T21:11:06Z")
What error do you get? This could be because of different version of Rails on local and remote machines? check config/enviroment.rb for rails version the app has been created with, I have following for a rails application created on my machine, RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘1.2.3’ -Jatinder ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-works-only-if-created-directly-on-server-transfer/105940/3 "2007-06-05T11:46:09Z")
Jatinder S. wrote: > What error do you get? > > This could be because of different version of Rails on local and remote > machines? check config/enviroment.rb for rails version the app has been > created with, > I have following for a rails application created on my machine, > RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION = ‘1.2.3’ > > -Jatinder #--------------------------------------------- I have the exact same problem and have yet to get to the bottom of this. I looked to see which Rails version was on both the server and my local machine using the shell command rails -v will output this. They are both using Rails 1.2.3 . I don’t know where to look for the bug as all the log files found in RAILS\_ROOT/log are blank. Here is what I have learned about this issue. The Application Error message found in the “Welcome aboard page” and for every method in the controller originates from the RAILS\_ROOT/public/.htaccess file. It is triggered by a 500 error from the looks of it. I have heard some people say it is a permissions problem with RAILS\_ROOT/tmp/sessions so I set chmod 755 /tmp and chmod 755/tmp/sessions and it still is giving me this error. I am thinking this may be my ftp application changing some permissions to files upon upload. I would love to hear anyones thoughts on this issue. I made a very simple app to test how hard deployment was going to be before I built an entire app. Also I can access the database via the irb by running the following commands in the ssh shell. irb > > MODEL\_NAME.find :all returns all records found for that model. So I know that this is nothing with the database.yml file (I thought windows line breaks may be to blame) and the model is working fine. Regards, Tim M. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_King](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gary_King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-works-only-if-created-directly-on-server-transfer/105940/4 "2007-06-05T21:22:54Z")
On 6/5/07, Tim M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I have the exact same problem and have yet to get to the bottom of this. > I looked to see which Rails version was on both the server and my local > machine using the shell command rails -v will output this. 1. You shouldn’t have Rails in gems on the production server. It should go to vendor/rails of your app (look up Rake task rails:freeze:gems). This eliminates the possibility of Rails version mismatch. “Vendor everything” 2. You can tell your app to render a development error page (with the actual error message and stack trace), by changing this line in environments/production.rb: config.action\_controller.consider\_all\_requests\_local = false to config.action\_controller.consider\_all\_requests\_local = true and restarting it. – Alex Verkhovsky RubyWorks