Rails via Lighttpd

I am trying to get Rails running through Lighttpd, on a Suse 10 box
running Rails 1.0.0 and Lighttpd 1.4.10

I followed the instructions in the wiki
(Peak Obsession) but keep getting the
same error:

linux:/etc/lighttpd # lighttpd -f lighttpd.conf

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.997) execve failed for:
/home/nathan/rails/notifications/public/dispatch.fcgi No such file or
directory

linux:/etc/lighttpd # 2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.1023) the
fastcgi-backend /home/nathan/rails/notifications/public/dispatch.fcgi
failed to start:

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.1027) child exited with status 2
/home/nathan/rails/notifications/public/dispatch.fcgi

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.1030) if you try do run PHP as
FastCGI backend make sure you use the FastCGI enabled version.

You can find out if it is the right one by executing ‘php -v’ and it
should display ‘(cgi-fcgi)’ in the output, NOT (cgi) NOR (cli)

For more information check
http://www.lighttpd.net/documentation/fastcgi.html#preparing-php-as-a-fa
stcgi-program

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.1035) If this is PHP on Gentoo add
fastcgi to the USE flags

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (mod_fastcgi.c.1325) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi failed.

2006-02-27 12:32:17: (server.c.834) Configuration of plugins failed.
Going down.

This is my lighttpd.conf file:

#--------------------------

server.port = 80

server.modules = ( “mod_rewrite”, “mod_fastcgi”, “mod_redirect” )

server.document-root = “/home/nathan/rails/notifications/public”

fastcgi.server = (“.fcgi” => ( “railsapp” =>

( “min-procs” => 1,

"max-procs" => 5,

"socket" => "/tmp/ruby-railsapp.fcgi",

"bin-path" =>

“/home/nathan/rails/notifications/public/dispatch.fcgi”

)

))

server.indexfiles = ( “index.html” )

server.error-handler-404 = “/dispatch.fcgi”

#------------------------------

Dispatch.fcgi is definitely in the /public directory.

Can anyone help out and point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Nathan M.

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:32:29PM -0500, Nathan M. wrote:

/home/nathan/rails/notifications/public/dispatch.fcgi No such file or
directory

Try running this path manually on the command line. Ten bucks to a
rusty
penny dispatch.fcgi either isn’t there or the shebang points to a Ruby
interpreter that doesn’t exist.

  • Matt


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