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Robert Spring
Robert Spring
3,349 Points
Posted by Robert Spring
Robert Spring
3,349 Points

localhost:3000 isn't loading.

I do not get the error message when running "rails server" noted here: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/ruby-on-rails-localhost3000-not-working so I'm assuming that rails in instated correctly and it is something else. I also checked that I am in the correct directory. Any idea?

2 Answers

Greg Yardley
Greg Yardley
4,236 Points
Greg Yardley
Greg Yardley
4,236 Points

Configuration issues like this can be frustrating. As a first step, when you type 'rails server' into the terminal, what message are you getting? For example, I get this:

=> Booting WEBrick
=> Rails 4.2.4 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
[2015-12-19 12:28:05] INFO  WEBrick 1.3.1
[2015-12-19 12:28:05] INFO  ruby 2.2.3 (2015-08-18) [x86_64-darwin15]
[2015-12-19 12:28:05] INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=29557 port=3000
Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points
Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points

if your using mySQL for the server you may have to start that first in the terminal 

mysql.server start