UPDATE: .conf file does let me start server but I now get 404 error in browser.
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Hi, I've recently rented my linode to learn more about deploying Ruby on Rails web applications. I'm having problems getting my application running on my linode. Does anyone know of a tutorial, post etc. somewhere that will set me on the right track? I've followed various sets of instructions but have had no success so far, although I have figured out that the set up of the lighttpd.conf file seems to be the source of my problems at the moment.

Here is my lighttpd.conf file:

++++++++++ START ++++++++++++++
server.modules = (
"mod_rewrite",
# "mod_redirect",
# "mod_alias",
"mod_access",
"mod_fastcgi",
# "mod_simple_vhost",
"mod_accesslog"
)

# mimetype mapping
mimetype.assign = (
".pdf" => "application/pdf",
".sig" => "application/pgp-signature",
".spl" => "application/futuresplash",
".class" => "application/octet-stream",
".ps" => "application/postscript",
".torrent" => "application/x-bittorrent",
".dvi" => "application/x-dvi",
".gz" => "application/x-gzip",
".pac" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".swf" => "application/x-shockwave-flash",
".tar.gz" => "application/x-tgz",
".tgz" => "application/x-tgz",
".tar" => "application/x-tar",
".zip" => "application/zip",
".mp3" => "audio/mpeg",
".m3u" => "audio/x-mpegurl",
".wma" => "audio/x-ms-wma",
".wax" => "audio/x-ms-wax",
".ogg" => "audio/x-wav",
".wav" => "audio/x-wav",
".class" => "application/octet-stream",
".ps" => "application/postscript",
".torrent" => "application/x-bittorrent",
".dvi" => "application/x-dvi",
".gz" => "application/x-gzip",
".pac" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".swf" => "application/x-shockwave-flash",
".tar.gz" => "application/x-tgz",
".tgz" => "application/x-tgz",
".tar" => "application/x-tar",
".zip" => "application/zip",
".mp3" => "audio/mpeg",
".m3u" => "audio/x-mpegurl",
".wma" => "audio/x-ms-wma",
".wax" => "audio/x-ms-wax",
".ogg" => "audio/x-wav",
".wav" => "audio/x-wav",
".gif" => "image/gif",
".jpg" => "image/jpeg",
".jpeg" => "image/jpeg",
".png" => "image/png",
".xbm" => "image/x-xbitmap",
".xpm" => "image/x-xpixmap",
".xwd" => "image/x-xwindowdump",
".css" => "text/css",
".html" => "text/html",
".htm" => "text/html",
".js" => "text/javascript",
".asc" => "text/plain",
".c" => "text/plain",
".conf" => "text/plain",
".text" => "text/plain",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".text" => "text/plain",
".txt" => "text/plain",
".dtd" => "text/xml",
".xml" => "text/xml",
".mpeg" => "video/mpeg",
".mpg" => "video/mpeg",
".mov" => "video/quicktime",
".qt" => "video/quicktime",
".avi" => "video/x-msvideo",
".asf" => "video/x-ms-asf",
".asx" => "video/x-ms-asf",
".wmv" => "video/x-ms-wmv"
)
# Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if possible
mimetype.use-xattr = "enable"

#server.username = "lighttpd"
#server.groupname = "lighttpd"
server.document-root = APP_ROOT + "/public/"
server.pid-file = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.port = 80

accesslog.filename = "/var/log/lighttpd/access_log"
server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/error_log"

url.access-deny = ( "~", ".inc" )

# fastcgi mapping

fastcgi.server = ( ".fcgi" => ( "localhost" => (
"min-procs" => 2,
"max-procs" => 2,
"socket" => "/tmp/sockets/fcgi.socket",
"max-procs" => 2,
"socket" => "/tmp/sockets/fcgi.socket",
"bin-path" => APP_ROOT + "/public/dispatch.fcgi",
"bin-environment" => ( "RAILS_ENV" => "production" )
) ) )

server.indexfiles = ( "index.php", "index.html",
"index.htm", "default.htm", "dispatch.fcgi" )

+++++++++++++++ END ++++++++++++++++++++

With this config file Lighttpd won't start. The fastcgi.server bit is the thing that I changed. Before that Lighttpd was at least running. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Regards,

Chris

Chris, is it working using regular CGI?

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Jay Faulkner
http://oldos.org

Hi Jason,

I haven't got around to using plain old CGI yet (not sure exactly how to set that up), but I have made some progress. I can access my test app (shopping cart from the 'Agile Web Development with Rails' book) if I run it via the 'ruby script/server' command in the application root directory and everything works.

When I attempt to access the app through a browser remotely with the URL of my linode (xxx.members.linode.com), I get the first store page as expected, but none of the other links or functionality seem to work.

So for instance, if I put a URL in like 'xxxx.members.linode.com/admin', I get a 404 error instead of the admin login screen. I had a look at the routes.rb file but I haven't been able to rectify things.

routes.rb looks like this :-

+++++++++++++++++ START ++++++++++++++++++++
ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
# The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.

# Sample of regular route:
# map.connect 'products/:id', :controller => 'catalog', :action => 'view'
# Keep in mind you can assign values other than :controller and :action

# Sample of named route:
# map.purchase 'products/:id/purchase', :controller => 'catalog', :action => 'purchase'
# This route can be invoked with purchase_url(:id => product.id)

# You can have the root of your site routed by hooking up ''
# -- just remember to delete public/index.html.
map.connect '', :controller => 'store'
map.connect 'admin/', :controller => 'login'

# Allow downloading Web Service WSDL as a file with an extension
# instead of a file named 'wsdl'
map.connect ':controller/service.wsdl', :action => 'wsdl'

# Install the default route as the lowest priority.
map.connect ':controller/:action/:id'

++++++++++++++++ END ++++++++++++++++++++

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Regards,



Chris