Rails on Plesk: Complete guide

[jamesyeeoc]

Are you doing the 'server wide' or 'domain' instructions he has posted? Not sure it matters, but I want to make sure we're looking at the same stuff.

Also the fastcgi file you downloaded, what is the exact file you downloaded? There were several at that site...

 

[phirschybar]

server-wide, step 3 on this url:
http://soapboxconfessional.com/articles/2005/05/25/rails-on-plesk

and this is the file I grabbed:
http://fastcgi.com/dist/mod_fastcgi-2.4.2.tar.gz

 

[phirschybar]

hey James, you are the s**t. I owe you a drink. (next time I'm in So. California!!) Unfortunately, it's after 3 am and I have to crash very very soon.

Thanks for hangin in there with me!!! If I don't hear back from you soon, hopefully i will see you around tomorrow .

Ben

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Well, the error you are getting indicates that

/usr/lib/httpd/build/special.mk file does not exist.

I don't know what special make commands are supposed to be in there, but I have looked at the fastcgi file and don't see a folder or the file in the archive.

Are you sure you followed all his instructions in Step 1 and 2?

I suppose you could try commenting out the line in the makefile 'include ${top_builddir}/build/special.mk' (put a # at the beginning of the line) and try the make command again, but I don't know if the resulting files would be right or not.

I am hoping the author will show up and give additional input.

 

[phirschybar]

oh brother...

ok. If I wanted to go over step 1 and 2 again, can I do that without having to uninstall ruby and fastcgi dev kit?

good night and thanks again!!

 

[jamesyeeoc]

Sorry, I know it's disappointing. Redoing steps 1 and 2 should be no problem 'over the top'. The devel file also does not contain any reference to 'special.mk' file, but it is what should create the /build/ directory.

If I had an ES3 test server setup, I would replicate the same conditions you have.

You are right , it is getting late, brain is ceasing functions... Sorry we didn't get it working tonight. Maybe Cranky will drop by in the morning and shed some light, he is the real deal.

 

[wesyah234]

Bringing this thread back to life...

I have the same problem. I'm using a VPS from Webintellects that has FC1. And it also complains about the special.mk file being missing.

[root@admin mod_fastcgi-2.4.2]# make
Makefile:12: /usr/lib/httpd/build/special.mk: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/httpd/build/special.mk'. Stop.

What are my options here. Do I need to compile Apache from source in order to get this build directory and special.mk file available to me, or is there another way I can get these missing files on the vps?

Thanks!

 

[phirschybar]

My solution (because sysAdmin work gives me a headache) was to hire Cranky (look for him on this forum) to do it for me. He did it pretty quickly and his rates are not bad. If you struggle for more than a couple hours, it is worth the dough. my 2 cents. and he's a nice dude.

 

[ShadowMan@]

Originally posted by phirschybar
My solution (because sysAdmin work gives me a headache) was to hire Cranky (look for him on this forum) to do it for me. He did it pretty quickly and his rates are not bad. If you struggle for more than a couple hours, it is worth the dough. my 2 cents. and he's a nice dude.

Yes, Cranky (Andrew) rocks!

 

[untitled]

Originally posted by wesyah234
[root@admin mod_fastcgi-2.4.2]# make
Makefile:12: /usr/lib/httpd/build/special.mk: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/httpd/build/special.mk'. Stop.

i ran into the same problem. fixed it by doing an rpm install of httpd-devel (it didn't affect any of the apache config files -- site continued to work):

$ rpm -Uvh httpd-devel-2.0.46-11.ent.i386.rpm

the mod_fastcgi 'make' then complained about needing libtool. fixed that by installing the following:

$ rpm -Uvh automake-1.6.3-5.noarch.rpm
$ rpm -Uvh autoconf-2.57-3.noarch.rpm
$ rpm -Uvh libtool-1.4.3-6.i386.rpm

then i continued with the directions on the rails site.

rails now running!

 

[exothermic]

is it just me or do those links not work anymore? Can someone please get me access to this manual?

Thanks

Miles

 

[ioda006]

yeah i'd also like to see this back up.. anybody have backups of it or anything?

 

[criticman]

yeah, its not just the links that are dead - that entire site is missing.

and sadly, Google does not have any of it cached other than the comments posted to the how-to article.

so does anyone have a copy? tyler, can you bring it back online somewhere? if you have the originals, I can host it for you (citing you as source, all credits, etc)

 

[slaphost]

I second that notion!

 

[k.satirli]

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoInstallAndRunRubyOnRailsOnPlesk

works for me.

 

[slaphost]

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowtoInstallAndRunRubyOnRailsOnPlesk

Working good until I get to the

gem instal mysql
Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
I also try it wit the options and get something similar.
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

Any thoughts?

 

[criticman]

The WiKi one "works" in terms of loading. I was hoping that Tyler's version was a bit more polished. The WiKi looks tossed together, although I have not had time to try it out to test its accuracy.

 

[slaphost]

So I've had no luck since my last post.

It looks like there's no RPM for RUBY 1.8.2 for FC2. Rails needs 1.8.2 at least.

So I ventured to update FC2 > FC3, that was no fun and thank God for backups.

Then I spent about an hour shopping around for a better host...

oh, the vicious cycle I get into everyweekend.

Any thoughts? Trailblazers? Experienced people out there willing to shed some light?

Thanks!

 

[ioda006]

I actually did this very recently.. it was a pain in the *** really.

http://ifakedit.com/log/2006/03/28/rails-on-fedora-plesk-fiasco/

It looks like there's no RPM for RUBY 1.8.2 for FC2. Rails needs 1.8.2 at least.

You're going to have to compile ruby on your own from source.. in fact there's a ton of stuff you're going to have to compile on your own most likely.

Personally I'm somewhat new to linux and I hadn't really been comfortable with doing any of the stuff i did to make this work.. if you want it to work though you're going to have to get comfortable with it.

Anyway.. most everything i did is in the notes in that url. The summary is:
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I did it on Fedora Core 2 with Plesk 7.5 and Apache2
If you're on Apache 2 don't bother getting fcgi to work.

Even if you DO get it to work you probably won't want to use it because there are some serious problems with apache2+fcgi

DO use fcgid

If something won't compile it's probably because you don't have the required libraries or something from the package. You may THINK you have sometihng installed, but you most likely don't have all the pieces of it. To remedy this situation you'll need to install packagename-devel rpms.. most favorably through yum.

DO use the rails wiki. Look around not only at plesk stuff, but just general installation instructions.. especially for your linux distro.
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i wish i had more to say, but it's already been said in that log entry. hope this helps some of you out.

 

[criticman]

Originally posted by slaphost
So I've had no luck since my last post.

It looks like there's no RPM for RUBY 1.8.2 for FC2. Rails needs 1.8.2 at least.

So I ventured to update FC2 > FC3, that was no fun and thank God for backups.

Then I spent about an hour shopping around for a better host...

oh, the vicious cycle I get into everyweekend.

Any thoughts? Trailblazers? Experienced people out there willing to shed some light?

Thanks!

Yeah, I know about bad hosts and outdated systems. Now I am with APlus.Net and I love them! FC3 and runs great. Check them out if you still haven't found a new host.