[Rails] Re: Newbie question about views folder
Okay, I got it to work on the domain root by editing /etc/apache2/ sites-available/default to point to the app's public directory. Is that the right way to go about it, or is that just a hack? If that's what I'm supposed to do, it seems odd that this step isn't mentioned in the mod_rails user guide. I still can't get it to work on a sub-uri using an analogous technique (i.e., creating a virtual host file for the URI in /etc/apache2/sites-available)... On May 21, 9:23 pm, FrankMurphy sabir.a.ibra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks everyone for your replies. Okay, so this is interesting. When I try deploying the app to the domain root, I can't see the Welcome aboard! page; instead, I see the index.html page that's in Apache's web root directory. Also, when I try http://server_addr/users, I see a directory listing of the (.erb) files that are in the demo_app/app/views/users. Does this mean that Passenger is not set up correctly? I don't know if it matters, but the server I'm using doesn't have a domain name; I'm accessing it using its IP address. On May 21, 7:47 pm, Frederick Cheung frederick.che...@gmail.com wrote: On May 22, 2:45 am, FrankMurphy sabir.a.ibra...@gmail.com wrote: In my web root directory, 'demo_app' is a symbolic link to the application's public directory. I realize that there's nothing in my web root directory or the above VirtualHost specification that points to the 'users' resource, but when I build this app locally and view it with Mongrel, I can seehttp://0.0.0.0:3000/usersjustfine. All of the documentation I've read indicates that the above specification and symbolic link are all I need to create to deploy an app on a remote server with Apache + Passenger. Do I need to do something else to access http://server_addr/demo_app/users? Have I missed an obvious or elementary step? Am I misunderstanding something? Am I on another planet? Deploying an app to a sub uri (rather than to the root of your domain) is not the simplest case - you might want to try that first to reassure yourself that everything is basically working. What you've done doesn't seem to quite match the instructions athttp://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#dep... Fred Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
[Rails] Newbie question about views folder
Hi, I just started out learning Ruby on Rails this week. I'm using Michael Hartl's book, but I'm working on a remote server rather than my local computer. As such, I'm using Apache + Passenger to deploy the example programs rather than Mongrel. Also, I'm using MySQL for my database instead of SQLite. My issue is that I don't understand how to deploy a program on a remote server using Apache + Passenger in a way that makes the contents of the views directory accessible. For instance, if I create a sample program 'demo_app' and create a 'users' resource with the command: $ script/generate scaffold User name:string email:string and then migrate with the command: $ rake db:migrate I can't see the 'users' folder or anything in it when I point my browser to the remote server. I can see the standard 'Welcome aboard!' page at http://server_addr/demo_app, but http://server_addr/demo_app/users gives me a 404 Not Found. In my apache2.conf file, I have the following VirtualHost specification: VirtualHost *:80 ServerName server_addr DocumentRoot /projects/demo_app/public RailsBaseURI /demo_app /VirtualHost In my web root directory, 'demo_app' is a symbolic link to the application's public directory. I realize that there's nothing in my web root directory or the above VirtualHost specification that points to the 'users' resource, but when I build this app locally and view it with Mongrel, I can see http://0.0.0.0:3000/users just fine. All of the documentation I've read indicates that the above specification and symbolic link are all I need to create to deploy an app on a remote server with Apache + Passenger. Do I need to do something else to access http://server_addr/demo_app/users? Have I missed an obvious or elementary step? Am I misunderstanding something? Am I on another planet? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
[Rails] Re: Newbie question about views folder
Thanks everyone for your replies. Okay, so this is interesting. When I try deploying the app to the domain root, I can't see the Welcome aboard! page; instead, I see the index.html page that's in Apache's web root directory. Also, when I try http://server_addr/users, I see a directory listing of the (.erb) files that are in the demo_app/app/views/users. Does this mean that Passenger is not set up correctly? I don't know if it matters, but the server I'm using doesn't have a domain name; I'm accessing it using its IP address. On May 21, 7:47 pm, Frederick Cheung frederick.che...@gmail.com wrote: On May 22, 2:45 am, FrankMurphy sabir.a.ibra...@gmail.com wrote: In my web root directory, 'demo_app' is a symbolic link to the application's public directory. I realize that there's nothing in my web root directory or the above VirtualHost specification that points to the 'users' resource, but when I build this app locally and view it with Mongrel, I can seehttp://0.0.0.0:3000/usersjustfine. All of the documentation I've read indicates that the above specification and symbolic link are all I need to create to deploy an app on a remote server with Apache + Passenger. Do I need to do something else to access http://server_addr/demo_app/users? Have I missed an obvious or elementary step? Am I misunderstanding something? Am I on another planet? Deploying an app to a sub uri (rather than to the root of your domain) is not the simplest case - you might want to try that first to reassure yourself that everything is basically working. What you've done doesn't seem to quite match the instructions athttp://www.modrails.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Apache.html#dep... Fred Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Ruby on Rails: Talk group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
