Why do I see page with a plain “Hello” and title “Example” after Rails Droplet in DigitalOcean installation?

Hi there,

To resolve this issue and see your own pages, you need to make sure you have completed the following steps correctly first:

1. Create a new controller: Ensure that you have created a new controller using the appropriate Rails generator command, such as rails generate controller MyController.

2. Define routes: Open the config/routes.rb file and add the appropriate route for your new controller’s action. For example, if you have a welcome action in your MyController, you can add get '/welcome', to: 'my#welcome' to map the route.

3. Create a corresponding view: In the app/views directory, create a new directory called my and inside that directory, create a file named welcome.html.erb (or with the appropriate extension for your view format). Add your desired content to this view file.

4. Restart the server: After making changes to the routes and views, restart the server to ensure the changes take effect. If you’re using systemd to manage the Rails service, you can restart it using sudo systemctl restart rails.service.

If you have followed these steps correctly and are still experiencing issues, there are a few additional troubleshooting steps you can take:

1. Check the server logs: Look for any errors or warnings in the server logs. You can typically find the logs in the log/ directory of your Rails application. The logs may provide clues about what’s happening and help you identify the issue.

2. Verify asset compilation: Make sure that you have successfully precompiled your assets using the rails assets:precompile command. This step is necessary if you’re running your application in the production environment.

3. Check your Nginx configuration: If you’re using Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of Puma, ensure that your Nginx configuration is correctly routing requests to your Rails application.

Best,

Bobby