Hello, I am rather new to Ruby On Rails but have it installed on my
computer
and have created a test project that works. My next objective is to get
the
script up and running on my server for public access.
I am getting hosted from a private host. The host does support Rails,
and
does have it up and running currently. Well, that’s all the information
I
have. I have Cpanel with shell access to my account, as well as an FTP
account with FTP access to my account. I have a few sites uploaded on my
server under the public_html folder where all html docs are uploaded for
public access.
So, my question is, how do I begin running scripts on my server? I don’t
even know where to start. On my computer I simply just made a new
project,
and ran a server on that project via port 3000 and just accessed it like
http://127.0.0.1:3000/. I have no clue how to emulate that on a server,
because I have to admit I have very poor skills with this kind of stuff.
My guess was that I have to have the rails framework running on port 80,
instead of the Apache framework? I really have no clue what I am talking
about, but from experimentation and just plain fooling around that’s
what I
concluded.
If anyone could help guide me through setting up and getting a script to
work on just a normal basic server, it would be a great help. Thanks.
Unfortunately this is not very easy at all…
start here…
http://duncandavidson.com/essay/2006/01/railsonapache
then try google
~Jamie
Josh Alias wrote:
I am getting hosted from a private host. The host does
support Rails, and does have it up and running currently.
[…]
So, my question is, how do I begin running scripts on my
server?
[…]
My guess was that I have to have the rails framework running
on port 80, instead of the Apache framework?
Your hosting provider is already running a web server. Most of
the time, with a shared account on a UNIX-like system, Rails
support is simply a running Apache with Ruby and FastCGI
installed. Fortunately, a Rails application comes almost set
up for this environment.
Upload a project somewhere under the public web space of your
account. In public/, you’ll notice a file called
dispatch.fcgi. Make sure the first line reads the correct path
to the ruby binary on your hosting machine, probably
#!/usr/bin/ruby'. (You'll have to find that out via a shell of some sort and runwhich ruby’. Learn how to use ssh if
your host supports it.) Also, make sure this file has
executable permission.
Then look at public/.htaccess. You’ll find a line that looks
like:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]
Change .cgi' to.fcgi’.
Find the public/ directory via a web browser and see if your
application starts up. If it doesn’t, you’ll have to get your
hosting provider to support you. If they’re worth their salt
in their claim to support Rails, they’ll have documentation
with much more detail than this post.
Good luck!
-Drew