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1. To run the DB migrate scripts you must specify that you are using the production configuration. One simple way to do this is:
   

   rake RAILS_ENV='production' db:migrate

2. Make the public/dispatch.* scripts executable. If you developed originally in Windows then you need to change the first line in each of these dispatch scripts from
   

   #!e:/ruby/bin/ruby

   to

   #!/usr/bin/ruby1.8

3. Enable FastCGI (CGI is ridiculously slow) by changing .htaccess. Change this line
   

   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.cgi [QSA,L]

   to

   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ dispatch.fcgi [QSA,L]

4. Change the public and log directories to mode 755 (not sure if this is necessary but seems like good practice).
   

   chmod 755 public
chmod 755 log

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