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Posted by Liam Oliver
Liam Oliver
1,014 Points

Generate a Rails Application

Good Afternoon,

I'm on the "Generate a Rails Application" lesson. When I type "rails server" into command prompt, it appears to work as designed. However, I get a 404 error when I try to visit the address in my web browser. See screenshot example: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s301/sh/a055f891-e378-4327-bcd0-13c36662a3a2/2a7f2c1e10ad434379760b821d94428c?noteKey=2a7f2c1e10ad434379760b821d94428c&noteGuid=a055f891-e378-4327-bcd0-13c36662a3a2

1 Answer

Liam Oliver
Liam Oliver
1,014 Points
Liam Oliver
Liam Oliver
1,014 Points

I did some research and found a response from Jim:

localhost:3000 or 127.0.0.1:3000 should work.

0.0.0.0:3000 is the computer's way of saying it's listening on every available address (in the case it has multiple IP addresses). 0.0.0.0 will work on some systems for dialing your own computer, but more reliably the 127.0.0.1 will always loopback to your computer, and localhost should also.

Thanks, Jim Hoskins!