"Please use this file due to Capistrano error" when deploying a Rails 3 application on EC2 using Capistrano

Question

When deploying a Rails 3 application, we get the following error. Please help solve this problem.

$ cap deploy triggering load callbacks * 2015-03-17 19:25:22 executing `deploy' * 2015-03-17 19:25:22 executing `deploy:update' ** transaction: start * 2015-03-17 19:25:22 executing `deploy:update_code' updating the cached checkout on all servers executing locally: "git ls-remote [e-mail]:BoTreeConsultingTeam/IntegrityMatters.git master" command finished in 3579ms * executing "if [ -d /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/cached-copy ]; then cd /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/cached-copy && git fetch -q origin && git fetch --tags -q origin && git reset -q --hard eb49600f7de21f4b2b1de8884f70dd5a88837f41 && git clean -q -d -x -f; else git clone -q -b master [e-mail]:BoTreeConsultingTeam/IntegrityMatters.git /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/cached-copy && cd /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/cached-copy && git checkout -q -b deploy eb49600f7de21f4b2b1de8884f70dd5a88837f41; fi" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 4644ms copying the cached version to /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 * executing "cp -RPp /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/cached-copy /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 && (echo eb49600f7de21f4b2b1de8884f70dd5a88837f41 > /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/REVISION)" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 1212ms * 2015-03-17 19:25:36 executing `deploy:finalize_update' triggering before callbacks for `deploy:finalize_update' * 2015-03-17 19:25:36 executing `deploy:assets:symlink' * executing "rm -rf /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public/assets && mkdir -p /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public && mkdir -p /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/assets && ln -s /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/assets /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public/assets" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 986ms * 2015-03-17 19:25:37 executing `bundle:install' * executing "cd /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 && bundle install --gemfile /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/Gemfile --path /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle --deployment --quiet --without development test" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 1302ms * executing "chmod -R -- g+w /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 && rm -rf -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public/system && mkdir -p -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public/ && ln -s -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/system /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/public/system && rm -rf -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/log && ln -s -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/log /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/log && rm -rf -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/tmp/pids && mkdir -p -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/tmp/ && ln -s -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/pids /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/tmp/pids" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 982ms triggering after callbacks for `deploy:finalize_update' * 2015-03-17 19:25:39 executing `deploy:symlink_config' * executing "ln -nfs /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/config/database.yml /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/config/database.yml" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 976ms triggering after callbacks for `deploy:update_code' * 2015-03-17 19:25:40 executing `deploy:assets:precompile' triggering before callbacks for `deploy:assets:precompile' * 2015-03-17 19:25:40 executing `deploy:assets:update_asset_mtimes' * executing "[ -e /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/assets/manifest* ] && cat /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/assets/manifest* || echo" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 991ms * executing "cd -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 && RAILS_ENV=production RAILS_GROUPS=assets bundle exec rake assets:precompile" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb:270: warning: circular argument reference - now ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] rake aborted! ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] Please require this file from within a Capistrano recipe ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/capistrano-2.15.5/lib/capistrano/configuration/loading.rb:18:in `instance' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/rvm-capistrano-1.5.1/lib/rvm/capistrano/helpers/base.rb:16:in `rvm_with_capistrano' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/rvm-capistrano-1.5.1/lib/rvm/capistrano/helpers/_cset.rb:3:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `block in require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in `load_dependency' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/rvm-capistrano-1.5.1/lib/rvm/capistrano/base.rb:1:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `block in require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in `load_dependency' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/rvm-capistrano-1.5.1/lib/rvm/capistrano/selector.rb:1:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.r ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] b:251:in `block in require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in `load_dependency' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-3.2.17/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/shared/bundle/ruby/2.2.0/gems/rvm-capistrano-1.5.1/lib/rvm/capistrano.rb:3:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:85:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:85:in `rescue in block in require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:68:in `block in require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:in `each' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/bundler-1.8.5/lib/bundler.rb:134:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/config/application.rb:7:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/Rakefile:5:in `require' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535/Rakefile:5:in `<top (required)>' ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] (See full trace by running task with --trace) ** [out :: 52.10.245.227] command finished in 2630ms *** [deploy:update_code] rolling back * executing "rm -rf /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535; true" servers: ["52.10.245.227"] [52.10.245.227] executing command command finished in 1025ms failed: "rvm_path=$HOME/.rvm $HOME/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell 'default' -c 'cd -- /home/ubuntu/integrity_matters/releases/20150317135535 && RAILS_ENV=production RAILS_GROUPS=assets bundle exec rake assets:precompile'" on 52.10.245.227 

Gemfile

 gem 'capistrano' gem 'capistrano-ext' gem 'rvm-capistrano', require: false 

deploy.rb

 require "bundler/capistrano" require "rvm/capistrano" server "IP_ADDRESS", :web, :app, :db, primary: true set :application, "integrity_matters" set :user, "ubuntu" ssh_options[:keys] = ["~/.ssh/im_ec2_free.pem"] set :deploy_to, "/home/#{user}/#{application}" set :deploy_via, :remote_cache set :use_sudo, false set :scm, "git" set :repository, "[e-mail]:BoTreeConsultingTeam/IntegrityMatters.git" set :branch, "master" default_run_options[:pty] = true ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true after "deploy", "deploy:cleanup" # keep only the last 5 releases after "deploy", "deploy:migrate" namespace :deploy do # Reference: https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/85305 task :symlink_assets, :roles => [:app, :db, :web] do run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/assets #{deploy_to}/assets" end after "deploy", "deploy:symlink_assets" # Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11462003/936494 task :cold do transaction do update setup_db #replacing migrate in original start end end task :setup_db, :roles => :app do raise RuntimeError.new('db:setup aborted!') unless Capistrano::CLI.ui.ask("About to `rake db:setup`. Are you sure to wipe the entire database (anything other than 'yes' aborts):") == 'yes' run "cd #{current_path}; bundle exec rake db:setup RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env}" end %w[start stop restart].each do |command| desc "#{command} unicorn server" task command, roles: :app, except: {no_release: true} do run "/etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application} #{command}" end end task :setup_config, roles: :app do sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/#{application}" sudo "ln -nfs #{current_path}/config/unicorn_init.sh /etc/init.d/unicorn_#{application}" run "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/config" put File.read("config/database.example.yml"), "#{shared_path}/config/database.yml" puts "Now edit the config files in #{shared_path}." end after "deploy:setup", "deploy:setup_config" task :symlink_config, roles: :app do run "ln -nfs #{shared_path}/config/database.yml #{release_path}/config/database.yml" end after "deploy:finalize_update", "deploy:symlink_config" after "deploy", "deploy:assets:precompile" end 

Capfile

 load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator # Uncomment if you are using Rails' asset pipeline load 'deploy/assets' Dir['vendor/gems/*/recipes/*.rb','vendor/plugins/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |plugin| load(plugin) } load 'config/deploy' # remove this line to skip loading any of the default tasks 

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 $ gem list | grep bundler bundler (1.8.5, 1.3.5) bundler-unload (1.0.1) rubygems-bundler (1.2.2) 

application.rb

 require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__) require 'rails/all' if defined?(Bundler) # If you precompile assets before deploying to production, use this line Bundler.require(*Rails.groups(:assets => %w(development test))) # If you want your assets lazily compiled in production, use this line # Bundler.require(:default, :assets, Rails.env) end module IntegrityMatters class Application < Rails::Application config.time_zone = 'Mumbai' config.encoding = "utf-8" config.filter_parameters += [:password] config.active_support.escape_html_entities_in_json = true config.active_record.whitelist_attributes = true config.assets.enabled = true config.assets.version = '1.0' config.i18n.enforce_available_locales = false config.assets.initialize_on_precompile = false end end 

Answer 1

It was a very stupid mistake. I forgot to click Gemfile after adding require:false in gem rvm-capistrano

Answer 2

I had the same error message but with a different problem.

Here's how to fix it if you have the same problem as me:

 gem 'capistrano'
 gem 'capistrano-ext'
 gem 'rvm-capistrano'

move rvm-capistrano to capistrano , for example:

 gem 'rvm-capistrano' gem 'capistrano' gem 'capistrano-ext'