Application Server not starting on AWS EC2

[ravichem12]

I am trying to deploy canvas LMS on EC2 and following the production start guide word to word. All steps proceed smoothly but in the end when I open the URL, it only displays the public directory and not the actual application. i can't seem to figure out why this is actually happening. Any guesses?

I have tried running the application server manually but it still doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

Let me know if you need see any of the code.

[garth · Accepted solution]

 @ravichem12 ​ I suggest you google the problem and find an article specific to your exact environment.

Here are a few that popped out on my first search:

• Apache lists directory files instead of index.php - Stack Overflow
• apache2 - Apache shows index of/ instead of default index html - Ask Ubuntu
• apache 2.2 - Virtual Host showing "Index of /" instead of displaying my site - Server Fault

You will need to work through possible causes and make controlled changes to find your exact cause.

KISS - if you have followed the Canvas install process, it is likely the simplest possible answer.

[ravichem12]

The problem is all solutions are php where the apache fires up the index.php file. But since I am using ruby on rails there is no index file. In the production guide​ it only says, that we have assign document root to the public folder. But still it doesn't work.

[garth]

You will need to adjust your google search terms accordingly:

• apache - Why does rails app show /public index listing instead of actual app? - Stack Overflow

[ravichem12]

Thank you  @garth ​. I have now fixed the issue. Passenger was not able to access the default environment, ruby commands and its location, so I set them up manually, reconfigured the apache config and viola!. Everything is working. Thanks a lot for your help stefaniesanders​.

[garth]

Awesome!  Glad it worked out