fileutils.rb:1263:in `initialize': Permission denied - /app/public/blank.html (Errno::EACCES)

[jasonfb]

This problem is similar to what I saw in:

https://github.com/vhochstein/active_scaffold/issues/96

However, it is still not working for me. Specifically, it works in a heroku "production" environment, but not in a "staging" environment. Let me be specific, the exact same master branch works fine in my heroku production environment.

Then I setup a staging environment (in the same repo), and pushed the master branch to it:

git push staging master:master

Here's what I'm getting in the Heroku logs when I do that:

2011-06-08T16:29:05+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Starting process with command: thin -p 52115 -e staging -R /home/heroku_rack/heroku.ru start 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:in initialize': Permission denied - /app/public/blank.html (Errno::EACCES) 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:inopen' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:in copy_file' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1262:inopen' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1262:in copy_file' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1232:incopy' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:451:in copy_entry' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1325:intraverse' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:448:in copy_entry' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:423:incp_r' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1396:in fu_each_src_dest' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1405:infu_each_src_dest0' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1403:in each' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1403:infu_each_src_dest0' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1394:in fu_each_src_dest' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:422:incp_r' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/vendor/plugins/active_scaffold/install_assets.rb:15:in copy_files' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/vendor/plugins/active_scaffold/install_assets.rb:20 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/vendor/plugins/active_scaffold/install_assets.rb:3:inchdir' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/vendor/plugins/active_scaffold/install_assets.rb:3 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:in require' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:inrequire' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:227:in load_dependency' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/activesupport-3.0.7/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:239:inrequire' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/vendor/plugins/active_scaffold/init.rb:15 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/plugin.rb:81 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:25:in `instance_exec' 2011-06-08T16:29:07+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited 2011-06-08T16:29:08+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to crashed 2011-06-08T16:29:18+00:00 heroku[router]: Error H10 (App crashed) -> GET warm-river-288.heroku.com/ dyno=none queue=0 wait=0ms service=0ms bytes=0

[jasonfb]

I changed from the active_scaffold plugin (which I admit was old) to using this with the gem. Same result (new log output below, you'll notice the active_scaffold is now in a gem not the plugins folder)

What I did to change from a plugin to gem was: Removed the vendor/plugsin/active_scaffold folder entirely (rm -rf), then I committed that.

THen I added this to the bottom of my Gemfile

gem "active_scaffold_vho"

Note that I am using Rails 3.0.7

Looks to me like this writing-to-disk thing is fixed for a "production" environment but not for a "staging" environment. If you're curious, here are the instructions I'm following to set up the same repo to push to two different heroku environments (instances): http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/multiple-environments

Like I said, the production one works fine but the staging one still has this problem trying to write to the file system

please advise.

Revised Heroku log output below

2011-06-08T16:58:31+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from crashed to created 2011-06-08T16:58:31+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from created to starting 2011-06-08T09:58:32-07:00 heroku[slugc]: Slug compilation finished 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:in initialize': Permission denied - /app/public/blank.html (Errno::EACCES) 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:inopen' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1263:in copy_file' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1262:inopen' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1262:in copy_file' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1232:incopy' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:451:in copy_entry' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1325:intraverse' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:448:in copy_entry' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:423:incp_r' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1396:in fu_each_src_dest' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1405:infu_each_src_dest0' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1403:in each' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1403:infu_each_src_dest0' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:1394:in fu_each_src_dest' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:422:incp_r' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.20/lib/active_scaffold_assets.rb:43:in copy_files' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.20/lib/active_scaffold_assets.rb:5:incopy_to_public' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/active_scaffold_vho-3.0.20/lib/active_scaffold.rb:380 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:25:in instance_exec' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:25:inrun' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in run_initializers' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:49:ineach' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/initializable.rb:49:in run_initializers' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/application.rb:134:ininitialize!' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/application.rb:77:in send' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/.bundle/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/railties-3.0.7/lib/rails/application.rb:77:inmethod_missing' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /app/config/environment.rb:5 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in gem_original_require' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 app[web.1]: from /usr/ruby1.8.7/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:inrequire' 2011-06-08T16:58:41+00:00 heroku[web.1]: Process exited 2011-06-08T16:58:42+00:00 heroku[web.1]: State changed from starting to crashed 2011-06-08T16:58:42+00:00 heroku[router]: Error H10 (App crashed) -> GET warm-river-288.heroku.com/ dyno=none queue=0 wait=0ms service=0ms bytes=0 2011-06-08T16:58:42+00:00 heroku[router]: Error H10 (App crashed) -> GET warm-river-288.heroku.com/favicon.ico dyno=none queue=0 wait=0ms service=0ms bytes=0

[vhochstein]

just set ACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_INSTALL_ASSETS = true for your staging environment

[vhochstein]

bogus... ACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_INSTALL_ASSETS = false for your stagin environment

[jasonfb]

Confirmed, that was it

config/environments/staging.rb

MyApp::Application.configure do ACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_INSTALL_ASSETS = false

...

end