Rails 3: how to detect if the application is running in server mode for multiple different environment?

Question

I have an app that runs on multiple servers: - locally on dev machines - on heroku - on a specific server with Passanger on Nginx

I am trying to launch a particular code (loading some REDIS keys) that is only required if the web server is launched.

I have done quite a bit of digging, and the nicest solution I found was to execute my code in an initializer with:

if defined?(Rails::Server)
   #my code
end

This works well locally, but it seems that Rails::Server never gets defined either on Heroku or Passanger.

I need a solution that works in every case, please help, this is really important.

Thanks,

Alex

ps: I am running Rails 3.0.4, Ruby 1.8.7

Jordan Brough · Answer 1 · 2013-09-09T18:48:31.640

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Putting code in your config.ru file might be a more robust way of detecting server mode across different types of servers (Unicorn/Passenger/Rails::Server/etc).

e.g., in rails-root/config.ru:

# This file is used by Rack-based servers to start the application.

# ADD this line and read the value later:
ENV['server_mode'] = '1'

require ::File.expand_path...

edited Sep 09 '13 at 18:48

answered Jul 01 '13 at 21:27

Jordan Brough

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the above code will throw. you want this ENV['server_mode'] = '1' – benathon Sep 04 '13 at 22:16
after a few years.. it seems Rails loads initializers before the `config.ru` file now – songyy Nov 16 '17 at 02:45

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '11 at 09:47

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What about?

config.serve_static_assets = ( defined?(Mongrel) || defined?(WEBrick) ) ? true : false

answered May 20 '11 at 09:47

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Rails 3: how to detect if the application is running in server mode for multiple different environment?

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