Start Rails server automatically after boot

Question

I need to cd to a directory and run the 'rails server' command after bootup. example

cd /home/bab/rails/app/

then when am in the app directory it runs the rails server command.

Can some1 help me with this...using ubuntu 9.10 and rails 3.0.0

Answer 1

try to add to /etc/rc.local this:

ruby /path/to/your/app/script/rails s -P /path/to/your/app/tmp/pids/server.pid -c /path/to/your/app/config.ru -d

But better to use passenger gem here with Nginx or Apache

http://modrails.com/

It is easy to setup and easy to use

Answer 2

I've was getting the same error with RVM, ruby, and rails. My directory is /home/user/rails-project/ . Putting this in .bashrc allows me to use the "rvm" command:

source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

server$:which rails :

/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/bin/rails

The above shows the current rails bin.

So, the final command in rc.local is:

su user-c  "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm ; cd /home/user/rails-project/ ; /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1/bin/rails s -d -e production"

You can use this code in rc.local to debug:

exec 2> /tmp/rc.local.log      # send stderr from rc.local to a log file
exec 1>&2                      # send stdout to the same log file
set -x                         # tell sh to display commands before execution

Use sudo service rc.local start for testing without a reboot.

Answer 3

I was able to accomplish this in the following way:

create a script "rails.run" with the following line to start the ruby on rails with the desired user and parameters:

sudo -H -u <username> bash -c '/home/username/.rbenv/versions/2.2.3/bin/ruby bin/rails server --port=3000 --binding=ip_address -d'

Then add the script in the rc.local file with a simple line such as:

/home/username/rails.run