# Routing Error with Passenger for Images and stylesheets **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 30, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169 "2009-05-30T19:13:55Z")\ **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:** [May 30, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169/1 "2009-05-30T19:13:55Z")
Hi, I updated my server with the latest Rails (2.3.2) and Passenger (2.2.2). I also updated my Rails app to run under 2.3.2. It runs fine locally under Mongrel. The app is deployed into my own home directory under: (deployed via Capistrano) /users/me/public\_html/myapp/current (which is a symlink to the actual app) and it’s accessed by the url: [http://myserver.com/myapp](http://myserver.com/myapp) I was getting routing errors, where Passenger/Apache could not find the default route. But I found a post saying Passenger has an issue with routing, so I added the RailsBaseURI to the environment.rb file: config.action\_controller.relative\_url\_root = “/myapp” I found another post that said my apache config should be: \ ServerName [myserver.com](http://myserver.com) DocumentRoot /home/me/public\_html/myapp/current/public \ Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all RailsBaseURI / I have not .htaccess file in the public folder. I am now able to get to the app, but all references to stylesheets and images are giving routing errors in the production.log file: Processing ApplicationController#index (for 1.2.3.4 at 2009-05-30 13:11:46) [GET] ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches “/stylesheets/scaffold.css” with {:method=\>:get}): passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/rack/request\_handler.rb:81:in `process_request' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:203:in `main\_loop’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/railz/application\_spawner.rb:340:in `start_request_handler' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:298:in `handle\_spawn\_application’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/utils.rb:181:in `safe_fork' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:296:in `handle\_spawn\_application’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/abstract\_server.rb:337:in ` __send__' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:337:in `main\_loop’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/abstract\_server.rb:187:in `start_synchronously' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:154:in `start’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/railz/application\_spawner.rb:192:in `start' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:257:in `spawn\_rails\_application’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/abstract\_server\_collection.rb:126:in `lookup_or_add' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:251:in `spawn\_rails\_application’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/abstract\_server\_collection.rb:80:in `synchronize' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/spawn\_manager.rb:250:in `spawn_rails_application' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:153:in `spawn\_application’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/spawn\_manager.rb:282:in `handle_spawn_application' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:337:in ` **send** ’ passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion\_passenger/abstract\_server.rb:337:in `main_loop' passenger (2.2.2) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:187:in `start\_synchronously’ I’m at a loss as to how to fix this. Anyone? Thanks! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169/2 "2009-05-31T17:30:38Z")
John T. wrote: > Hi, > > I updated my server with the latest Rails (2.3.2) and Passenger (2.2.2). > I also updated my Rails app to run under 2.3.2. It runs > fine locally under Mongrel. > > The app is deployed into my own home directory under: (deployed via > Capistrano) > /users/me/public\_html/myapp/current (which is a symlink to the > actual app) > and it’s accessed by the url: > [http://myserver.com/myapp](http://myserver.com/myapp) > > I was getting routing errors, where Passenger/Apache could not find the > default route. But I found a post saying Passenger > has an issue with routing, so I added the RailsBaseURI to the > environment.rb file: … > Processing ApplicationController#index (for 1.2.3.4 at 2009-05-30 > 13:11:46) [GET] > > ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches > “/stylesheets/scaffold.css” with {:method=\>:get}): Hate to bump my own post, but I really could use some input… nothing I’ve tried works. Thanks. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169/3 "2009-05-31T20:23:42Z")
On May 31, 2009, at 8:30 AM, John T. wrote: > > /users/me/public\_html/myapp/current (which is a symlink to the > > … > > I’ve tried works. > > ## Thanks. You didn’t say what server you were using, but you need to point passenger to your _public_ directory, not RAILS\_ROOT as described here: [http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#\_deploying\_to\_a\_virtual\_host\_8217\_s\_root](http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#_deploying_to_a_virtual_host_8217_s_root) The Apache VirtualHost section they use as an example is: \ ServerName [www.mycook.com](http://www.mycook.com) DocumentRoot /weebapps/mycook/public They have a section on nginx if that’s the server you are using. Hope this helps. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169/4 "2009-05-31T20:47:44Z")
Steve R. wrote: > You didn’t say what server you were using, but you need to point > passenger to your _public_ directory, not RAILS\_ROOT as described > here: > [Phusion Passenger users guide, Apache version](http://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#_deploying_to_a_virtual_host_8217_s_root) > > The Apache VirtualHost section they use as an example is: > > \ > ServerName [www.mycook.com](http://www.mycook.com) > DocumentRoot /weebapps/mycook/public > > They have a section on nginx if that’s the server you are using. > > Hope this helps. Oh, yeah, thought the config file would make it obvious. It’s Apache with Passenger. And I am pointing to the public directory: Directory "/home/me/public\_html/myapp/current/public ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/routing-error-with-passenger-for-images-and-stylesheets/169169/5 "2009-06-01T14:50:21Z")
John T. wrote: > Oh, yeah, thought the config file would make it obvious. It’s Apache > with Passenger. And I am pointing to the public directory: > > Directory "/home/me/public\_html/myapp/current/public With thanks to Hongli L. over on the Phusion Passenger Google Group, I got this sorted out. And for completeness and to help others this is what I did. I set up a new directory under /var/www: /var/www/myapp and created a symlink from there to my app’s public folder: ln -s /home/me/public\_html/myapp/current/public myapp and changed my apache vhost file to be: \ ServerName [myserver.com](http://myserver.com) DocumentRoot /var/www/myapp \ Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all RailsBaseURI /myapp and made sure to include: config.action\_controller.relative\_url\_root = ‘/myapp’ in my environment.rb file. Hongli’s description: > /var/www/myapp should be a directory. Inside this > directory there should be a ‘myapp’ symlink. Like this: > /var/www/myapp/ > /var/www/myapp/myapp → /home/me/public\_html/myapp/current/public > When you say “RailsBaseURI /something”, then Phusion Passenger will > look for a filesystem entry “$DOCUMENT\_ROOT/something”, and this > _must_ be a symlink to the ‘public’ directory of your Rails app. Hope this helps someone else! jt