title: scrapyd {"status":"error", "message": "Use \"scrapy\" to see available commands"
body: <p>When attempting to deploy my project to scrapyd using the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>scrapyd-deploy test2 -p NOAA
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or, when attempting to run my spider that I created:</p>
  
  <pre><code>curl http://localhost:6800/schedule.json -d project=test -d spider=myspider
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the following output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Packing version 1478644677 
  Deploying to project "test" in http://localhost:6800/addversion.json 
  Server response (200):
  {"status": "error", "message": "Use \"scrapy\" to see available
  commands",  "node_name": "osboxes"}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The following files appear empty when I check them:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/var/log/scrapyd/scrapyd.log 
  /var/log/scrapyd/scrapyd.out
  /var/log/scrapyd/scrapyd.err
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I referenced this answer :<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35838718/on-deploying-egg-file-in-scrapyd-server-then-status-error-message-ind">on deploying egg file in scrapyd server then {&quot;status&quot;: &quot;error&quot;, &quot;message&quot;: &quot;IndexError: list index out of range&quot;}</a></p>
  
  <p>But it is a different output, he had an index problem. </p>
  
  <p>With my error I think something is wrong with the spider itself? IT appears that it deploys, but it can't initiate a spider.</p>
  
  <p>I installed scrapyd as instructed. This is my scrapy.cfg file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[settings]
  default = NOAA.settings
  
  [deploy:test2] 
  url = http://localhost:6800/ 
  project = NOAA
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>running ubuntu 14.04</p>