Ruby on rails - Apache config file error

Question

I am reading a book about "Ruby on Rails" and now I have to deploy my application using Apache and Passenger. Everything seems to be installed properly but when I have finally add the following code in the Apache config file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName depot.yourhost.com
   DocumentRoot /home/gotqn/Aptana Projects/depot/public/

   <Directory /home/gotqn/Aptana Projects/depot/public>
      AllowOverride all
      Options -MultiViews
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

and try to restart the Apache:

$ sudo apachectl restart

I get the following error:

Syntax error on line 245 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

DocumentRoot takes one argument, Root directory of the document tree

Action 'restart' failed.

The Apache error log may have more information.

The line 245 refers to the following line:

DocumentRoot /home/gotqn/Aptana Projects/depot/public/

Any ideas what I have done wrong?

dimuch · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-13 13:44:06Z

2

Spaces are not allowed in this line, just put the whole path in double quotes

DocumentRoot "/home/gotqn/Aptana Projects/depot/public/"

answered Jan 13, 2013 at 13:44

dimuch

12.8k2 gold badges41 silver badges23 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Rahul Tapali · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-13 13:43:53Z

2

You used spaces in directory path you need to escape the spaces or create path without spaces. Instead of adding it to apache2.conf create one file(called newsite or something) in /etc/apache2/site-available and write the same thing in that file. And then run following commad:

    sudo a2ensite newsite

Then restart server and add your server name to /etc/hosts

answered Jan 13, 2013 at 13:43

Rahul Tapali

10.2k7 gold badges33 silver badges45 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Ruby on rails - Apache config file error

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related