Rails 4 Static Public index.html

Question

Sorry about the simple question, but I can't find the proper fix anywhere.

I used to have a Rails 3.x app running with a simple landing page on public/index.html. Of course, when I updated to Rails 4, my index page is no longer showing. Is there any way to get that feature back?

I know I can create a welcome#index controller/route and render the index.html as a response. But that goes to a different folder, without all the image and css assets that were on public, rendering the former static page.

Any tips?

Answer 1

You need to use a controller, but can simply point it to your existing file.

e.g. in routes.rb

root :to => 'welcome#index'

And then in the Welcome controller:

def index
  render :file => 'public/index.html'
end

Alternatively, you could set up Apache to serve that file itself. Seems easier to let Rails do it though!