NoMethodError: private method `warn' called for nil:NilClass

Question

I am trying to implement server deployment for my rails app using capistrano. I am doing it for the first time. Now, I am stuck at a NoMethodError . I am not able find the issue

My Gemfile contains the following gems

group :development do
  gem 'capistrano', require: false
  gem 'capistrano3-puma', require: false
  gem 'capistrano-rails', require: false
  gem 'capistrano-bundler', require: false
  gem 'capistrano-rbenv', require: false
end

application.rb

require_relative 'boot'
require "rails"
# Pick the frameworks you want:
require "active_model/railtie"
require "active_job/railtie"
require "active_record/railtie"
require "active_storage/engine"
require "action_controller/railtie"
require "action_mailer/railtie"
require "action_view/railtie"
require "action_cable/engine"
require "sprockets/railtie"
# require "rails/test_unit/railtie"

# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

module Server
  class Application < Rails::Application
   # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails   version.
    config.load_defaults 5.2
  end
end

Now I am getting the following error when executing the command

cap production deploy

  deploy:assets:precompile
  01 $HOME/.rbenv/bin/rbenv exec bundle exec rake assets:precompile
  01 (in /home/ruby-user/server)
  01 rake aborted!
  01 NoMethodError: private method `warn' called for nil:NilClass
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.1/lib/sprockets/railtie.rb:170:in `build_environment'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `public_send'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.0/lib/rails/railtie.rb:190:in `method_missing'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.1/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:21:in `environment'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-3.7.1/lib/rake/sprocketstask.rb:42:in `cached'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.1/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:46:in `manifest'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-3.7.1/lib/rake/sprocketstask.rb:143:in `with_logger'
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.1/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:67:in `block (2 levels) in d…
  01 /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-12.3.1/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
  01 /home/ruby-user/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/bin/bundle:23:in `load'
  01 /home/ruby-user/.rbenv/versions/2.5.0/bin/bundle:23:in `<main>'
  01 Tasks: TOP => assets:precompile
  01 (See full trace by running task with --trace)

170th line of /home/ruby-user/server/shared/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/sprockets-rails-3.2.1/lib/sprockets/railtie.rb has the following statement

::Rails.logger.warn "Application uninitialized: Try calling YourApp::Application.initialize!"

Please help me to sort it out. Thank you

Answer 1

It looks like you have to set the Rails.logger.warn in your application. Try this out in the environment file

Rails.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)

Answer 2

I got this error and it turns out that I included a duplicate of my config.ru inside of my config/ folder. When it is there, it doesn't have access to this variable so it throws that error; just delete the duplicate and it should work.