mod_xsendfile with symbolic links

Question

I\'m running into an issue using xsendfile with my Rails 3 app.

I\'m using capistrano to manage deployments and in each release, there is a symbolic link to the shar

Answer 1

Are you creating the link using an after "deploy:finalize_update" task similar to this:

task :storage_link, :except => { :no_release => true } do
    run "ln -nFs #{deploy_to}/shared/assets #{latest_release}/assets"
end

This makes XSendFilePath see the link as /var/www/site/current/assets which puts it inside of the root path.

Also make sure the user running your app owns and has write permissions on /var/www/site/shared/assets.