# Error when doing "bundle exec rake s3:upload\_assets" - Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-doing-bundle-exec-rake-s3-upload-assets-could-not-locate-gemfile-or-bundle-directory/361173>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** unsupported-install, s3, cloudflare, rake-task\
**Created:** [April 9, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-doing-bundle-exec-rake-s3-upload-assets-could-not-locate-gemfile-or-bundle-directory/361173 "2025-04-09T22:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![joshhabka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joshhabka/32/452328_2.png) [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-doing-bundle-exec-rake-s3-upload-assets-could-not-locate-gemfile-or-bundle-directory/361173/8 "2025-04-10T18:23:27Z")

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@Eviepayne

Fixed it by doing the following - there were two errors.

First, I fixed the second error by doing the following:

```plaintext
rails c
Upload.find(386).destroy!
exit

```

This fixed the corrupt post(malformatted text or something)

Then the red errors on the screen were from using the random subdomain(provided by cloudflare) and uploading to that. I had to upload the files to the new domain(which includes my connected domain)

Using:

```plaintext
sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake s3:upload_assets

```

Then:

```plaintext
sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake uploads:migrate_to_s3

```

Then the forum properly loaded and right clicking and opening images in a new tab shows they are hosted on the R2. Then I did a backup.

Finally, I cleaned everything up using:

```plaintext
sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake uploads:clean_up

```

Which freed the respective storage space of the files(note I still have a local backup of both files(OS level) and discourse level before migration.

Now everything works perfectly!

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