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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Getting Started with Rails Generate a Rails Application

Evan White
Evan White
959 Points
Posted by Evan White
Evan White
959 Points

Rails server not showing up in web browser

I'm copying the URL address correctly, but it says that the website is unavailable at this time. Not sure if I'm missing something or installed rails incorrectly.

2 Answers

rayorke
rayorke
27,709 Points

Hi Evan! Just wanted to make sure you are doing the following:

  1. Run the webserver at the command prompt: $rails server
  2. Once the server has booted, in your browser's address bar type: localhost:3000

That should load the default Ruby on Rails page.

Tripecta Sdn Bhd
Tripecta Sdn Bhd
Courses Plus Student 13,108 Points

alternatively, you may also 127.0.0.1:3000 assuming Evan is on a windows machine but anyways localhost:3000 is much easier to remember