Re: [PhillyOnRails] deploying to a shared host

On 8/22/06, Cliff Moon <cliff@chariotsolutions.com> wrote:

Looks like either apache or fastCGI isn't supplying rails with the
appropriate environment variables.

Brian Donahue wrote:
> Sorry for not including this earlier - here is the stack trace:
>
> # Logfile created on Sun Aug 20 12:30:12 EDT 2006 by logger.rb/1.5.2.7
> undefined method `downcase' for nil:NilClass
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-
> 1.12.5/lib/action_controller/request.rb:18:in `method'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack- 1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:933:in
> `log_processing'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:407:in
> `process_without_filters'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack- 1.12.5/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
> `process_without_session_management_support'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in
> `process'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch'
> dispatch.rb:10
> undefined method `downcase' for nil:NilClass
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/request.rb:18:in
> `method'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:933:in
> `log_processing'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:407:in
> `process_without_filters'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-
> 1.12.5/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in
> `process_without_session_management_support'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack- 1.12.5/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in
> `process'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails- 1.1.6/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
> `dispatch'
> ./dispatch.cgi:10
>
>
>
>
> On 8/22/06, *Brian Donahue* <stuff@pigeonmoon.com
> <mailto:stuff@pigeonmoon.com>> wrote:
>
>     Aaron, thanks for the suggestions.  This is happening on any page
>     I try to hit.  When I run "ruby script/server -e production" - it
>     runs fine on port 3000 of my host.  The data is there... and the
>     site works fine.  I'm not sure why it wouldn't find it when
>     running via fastCGI.
>
>
>
>     On 8/22/06, *Aaron Blohowiak* < aaron@aaronblohowiak.com
>     <mailto: aaron@aaronblohowiak.com>> wrote:
>
>         Did you upload your data in addition to your app?
>
>         The error suggests that you are calling nil.downcase
>
>         With any debugging the real question is  "What assumption have
>         you made that hasn't been fulfilled?"
>
>         In this case, i will assume that you meant to call downcase on
>         a string. However, your variable is not a string, it's nil.
>
>         Common reasons for this: no records found in an ActiveRecord
>         find() statement, empty value in your DB row, et cetera.
>
>         Techniques for tracking it down:
>
>         use script/console on the server, then go through and
>         approximate what should be happening during that request at
>         the command line, checking your variable's state as you go
>         through.
>
>         Alternately, you can put in logger.info() calls which will log
>         in production if it is only happening in prod.
>
>         Also, check out breakpointer.
>
>         Personally, I prefer the console.
>         Aaron Blohowiak
>
>         On Aug 22, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Brian Donahue wrote:
>
>         OK.  I will try to make a long story short.  I took on a
>         freebie gig for one of my favorite musicians, Eric Bachmann
>         (Crooked Fingers, Archers of Loaf, and now a solo record).  I
>         wanted to do it in Rails for fun, and because of quick and
>         simple content management I could throw together with little
>         more than scaffolding.  Got it all working locally on my
>         machines.  Recommended Site5 to them for hosting, got it
>         loaded up there.  Followed the instructions for deployment on
>         site5's forums:
>
>           1.
>
>
>                       New user's guide to freezing a Ruby on Rails
>                       application - Site5 Web Hosting Forums
>                       <http://forums.site5.com/showthread.php?t=10625>
>
>           2.
>
>
>                       HowToInstallOnSite5 in Ruby on Rails
>                       <http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToInstallOnSite5 >
>
>
>           3.
>
>
>                       [HOW TO] Install a RubyOnRails app on a Site5
>                       account - Site5 Web Hosting Forums
>                       < http://forums.site5.com/showthread.php?t=4406>
>
>         I continue to get
>
>
>           Bad Request
>
>         Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
>
>         The production log tells me
>         undefined *method* '*downcase *' for nil:NilClass
>
>         I can provide the whole stack trace if anyone's interested.  I
>         had been getting some support from Site5, but they seem to
>         have stopped responding, even to a newly entered ticket with
>         "urgent" status (submitted last night).  They seemed to think
>         it had to do with different versions of rails, so I froze my
>         gems and uploaded them and am still having issues.  If I run
>         webrick via SSH I can connect on port 3000, so this seems to
>         be an apache/fastcgi issue.
>
>         Does anyone have any advice?
>
>         Thanks!
>
>         Brian
>
>
>
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