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< h1 > Congratulations, you've put Ruby on Rails!< / h1 >
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< p > < b > Before you move on< / b > , verify that the following conditions have been met:< / p >
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< li > The log directory and the empty log files must be writable to the web server (< code > chmod -R 777 log< / code > ).
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The shebang line in the public/dispatch* files must reference your Ruby installation. < br / >
You might need to change it to < code > #!/usr/bin/env ruby< / code > or point directly at the installation.
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Rails on Apache needs to have the cgi handler and mod_rewrite enabled. < br / >
Somewhere in your httpd.conf, you should have:< br / >
< code > AddHandler cgi-script .cgi< / code > < br / >
< code > LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/httpd/mod_rewrite.so< / code > < br / >
< code > AddModule mod_rewrite.c< / code >
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< p > Take the following steps to get started:< / p >
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< li > Create empty development and test databases for your application.< br / >
< small > Recommendation: Use *_development and *_test names, such as basecamp_development and basecamp_test< / small > < br / >
< small > Warning: Don't point your test database at your development database, it'll destroy the latter on test runs!< / small >
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< li > Edit config/database.yml with your database settings.
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< li > Create controllers and models using the generator in < code > script/generate< / code > < br / >
< small > Help: Run the generator with no arguments for documentation< / small >
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< li > See all the tests run by running < code > rake< / code > .
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< li > Develop your Rails application!
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< li > Setup Apache with < a href = "http://www.fastcgi.com" > FastCGI< / a > (and < a href = "http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=fcgi" > Ruby bindings< / a > ), if you need better performance
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Having problems getting up and running? First try debugging it yourself by looking at the log files. < br / >
Then try the friendly Rails community < a href = "http://www.rubyonrails.org" > on the web< / a > or < a href = "http://www.rubyonrails.org/show/IRC" > on IRC< / a >
(< a href = "irc://irc.freenode.net/#rubyonrails" > FreeNode#rubyonrails< / a > ).
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