Rails Troubleshooting

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• Verify your /public directory has the permissions of 755

• Verify your /public/dispatch.fcgi or /public/dispatch.cgi if using CGI mode, file has the permissions of 755

• Verify the shebang line (first line) of the dispatch.fcgi is set to #!/usr/local/bin/ruby . If that doesn’t work, try #!/usr/bin/env ruby

• Verify you have the correct database name and database password in your /config/database.yml

• Verify that you have enabled production mode in your environment.rb file by un -commenting this line: ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'

• Verify that the RAILS_GEM_VERSION in the environment.rb is set to a version of Rails that is installed on your server.

• Verify that any needed gems for your application are installed, if your server is missing a gem, simply email support and they will install the gem for you.

• Verify that you are not using any puts statements in your code as this causes problems with Apache.

• Try changing to your /public directory and run ./dispatch.cgi and see if it returns any coding errors with your environment. (actually best to run REQUEST_METHOD=GET ./dispatch.fcgi or REQUEST_METHOD=GET ./dispatch.cgi as this will simulate a browser request)

• Check your /log/production.log or development.log for any coding error messages.