How to run apps in production locally

running_in_production_locally.markdown

• RAILS_ENV=production rails s
  • this sets the key in the ENV hash
  • you can also set these in different lines
• Go to "http://localhost:3000/" and you'll see this:
  • Missing secret_token and secret_key_base for 'production' environment, set these values in config/secrets.yml
• Run rake secret in terminal to generate a key
• RAILS_ENV=production rake db:{create,migrate}
• Delete username and password lines from database.yml under production
• bundle exec rake assets:precompile
• bundle exec rake assets:clobber

Other tips:

• You always need to restart server
• command + K
  • clears log so you can see what the errors are when you rerun
• gem rails_12factor puts errors into your log
• tail -f log/development.log (or any file)
  • Any time something gets written to a file, it outputs the text
• Put database.yml in gitignore

Rachel's instructions: https://gist.github.com/rwarbelow/40bd72b2aee8888d6d91