How to use unicorn server on Rails 3

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I am using Rails 3.0.3, Ruby 1.9.2 with rvm on Ubunutu 10.04. I generated a new app by rails new testunicorn. By default the Webrick server runs ok. In order to try Unicorn I uncommented gem 'unicorn' in Gemfile and did bundle install. rails server still runs webrick and doing rails server unicorn leads to

colinl@piglet:~/websites/testunicorn$ rails s unicorn Exiting /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rack-1.2.1/lib/rack/handler.rb:21:in `const_get': wrong constant name unicorn (NameError)   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rack-1.2.1/lib/rack/handler.rb:21:in `get'   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rack-1.2.1/lib/rack/server.rb:217:in `server'   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:54:in `start'   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:30:in `block in <top (required)>'   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `tap'   from /home/colinl/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/railties-3.0.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:27:in `<top (required)>'   from script/rails:6:in `require'   from script/rails:6:in `<main>'

Do I need to do something else to use unicorn? Google has not suggested anything. There was one hit with the same problem in (I think) Indonesian and google did not seem able to translate it.

Help would be much appreciated.

Colin

Gemfile.lock contains GEM   remote: http://rubygems.org/   specs:     abstract (1.0.0)     actionmailer (3.0.3)       actionpack (= 3.0.3)       mail (~> 2.2.9)     actionpack (3.0.3)       activemodel (= 3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)       builder (~> 2.1.2)       erubis (~> 2.6.6)       i18n (~> 0.4)       rack (~> 1.2.1)       rack-mount (~> 0.6.13)       rack-test (~> 0.5.6)       tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)     activemodel (3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)       builder (~> 2.1.2)       i18n (~> 0.4)     activerecord (3.0.3)       activemodel (= 3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)       arel (~> 2.0.2)       tzinfo (~> 0.3.23)     activeresource (3.0.3)       activemodel (= 3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)     activesupport (3.0.3)     arel (2.0.6)     builder (2.1.2)     erubis (2.6.6)       abstract (>= 1.0.0)     i18n (0.5.0)     kgio (2.0.0)     mail (2.2.11)       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)       i18n (~> 0.5.0)       mime-types (~> 1.16)       treetop (~> 1.4.8)     mime-types (1.16)     polyglot (0.3.1)     rack (1.2.1)     rack-mount (0.6.13)       rack (>= 1.0.0)     rack-test (0.5.6)       rack (>= 1.0)     rails (3.0.3)       actionmailer (= 3.0.3)       actionpack (= 3.0.3)       activerecord (= 3.0.3)       activeresource (= 3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)       bundler (~> 1.0)       railties (= 3.0.3)     railties (3.0.3)       actionpack (= 3.0.3)       activesupport (= 3.0.3)       rake (>= 0.8.7)       thor (~> 0.14.4)     rake (0.8.7)     sqlite3-ruby (1.3.2)     thor (0.14.6)     treetop (1.4.9)       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)     tzinfo (0.3.23)     unicorn (3.0.1)       kgio (~> 2.0.0)       rack

PLATFORMS   ruby

DEPENDENCIES   rails (= 3.0.3)   sqlite3-ruby   unicorn

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Works for me just starting it as `unicorn_rails` like in 2.3.x ...

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The docs suggest unicorn_rails is not required for Rails 3.

Colin

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`unicorn_rails` n'est en effet pas recommandé pour les apps rails 3

http://unicorn.bogomips.org/unicorn_rails_1.html <quote> It is designed to help Rails 1.x and 2.y users transition to Rack, but it is NOT needed for Rails 3 applications. Rails 3 users are encouraged to use unicorn(1) instead of unicorn_rails(1). Users of Rails 1.x/2.y may also use unicorn(1) instead of unicorn_rails(1). </quote>

Instead, you can start your rails3 server with `unicorn` http://unicorn.bogomips.org/unicorn_1.html

In the mean time, it'd be great if one could start unicorn with `rails s unicorn`, but as Colin said, it does not work.

This is because Rack misses a "Handler" for Unicorn. It already has one for Webrick, Thin, Mongrel and others, but not for Unicorn

I could not find the handler with google and will try the Unicorn ML to ask

Julien