How to start rails server? - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am developing rails 2.3.2 application.
When I type the command "rails script/server"
I got the following output instead of server starting why?
rails script/server
Usage:
rails new APP_PATH [options]
Options:
-J, [--skip-javascript] # Skip JavaScript files
[--dev] # Setup the application with Gemfile pointing to your Rails checkout
[--edge] # Setup the application with Gemfile pointing to Rails repository
-G, [--skip-git] # Skip Git ignores and keeps
-m, [--template=TEMPLATE] # Path to an application template (can be a filesystem path or URL)
-b, [--builder=BUILDER] # Path to a application builder (can be a filesystem path or URL)
[--old-style-hash] # Force using old style hash (:foo => 'bar') on Ruby >= 1.9
[--skip-gemfile] # Don't create a Gemfile
-d, [--database=DATABASE] # Preconfigure for selected database (options: mysql/oracle/postgresql/sqlite3/frontbase/ibm_db/jdbcmysql/jdbcsqlite3/jdbcpostgresql/jdbc)
# Default: sqlite3
-O, [--skip-active-record] # Skip Active Record files
[--skip-bundle] # Don't run bundle install
-T, [--skip-test-unit] # Skip Test::Unit files
-S, [--skip-sprockets] # Skip Sprockets files
-r, [--ruby=PATH] # Path to the Ruby binary of your choice
# Default: /home/xichen/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p352/bin/ruby
-j, [--javascript=JAVASCRIPT] # Preconfigure for selected JavaScript library
# Default: jquery
Runtime options:
-q, [--quiet] # Supress status output
-s, [--skip] # Skip files that already exist
-f, [--force] # Overwrite files that already exist
-p, [--pretend] # Run but do not make any changes
Rails options:
-h, [--help] # Show this help message and quit
-v, [--version] # Show Rails version number and quit
Description:
The 'rails new' command creates a new Rails application with a default
directory structure and configuration at the path you specify.
Example:
rails new ~/Code/Ruby/weblog
This generates a skeletal Rails installation in ~/Code/Ruby/weblog.
See the README in the newly created application to get going.
When I type linux command "ls" I got the following directories and files showing:
app Capfile config criptq db doc features Gemfile Gemfile.lock generate lib log nbproject public Rakefile README script spec test tmp vendor
my Gemfile is:
source "http://rubygems.org"
gem "rails", "2.3.2"
gem "mysql", "2.8.1"
gem "fastercsv"
gem "will_paginate", "2.3.16"
gem "chronic", "0.6.4"
gem "whenever", "0.4.1"
gem "searchlogic", "2.4.28"
group :development do
gem "mongrel", "1.1.5"
end
group :test do
gem "rspec", "1.3.2"
gem "rspec-rails", "1.3.4"
gem "factory_girl", "1.3.3"
end

Answer 1

In a Rails 2.3 app it is just ./script/server start

Answer 2

For rails 3.2.3 and latest version of rails you can start server by:
First install all gem with command: bundle install or bundle.
Then Configure your database to the database.yml.
Create new database: rake db:create
Then start rails server.
rails server orrails s

Answer 3

For rails 2.3.2 you can start server by:
ruby script/server

Answer 4

In rails 2.3.x application you can start your server by following command:
ruby script/server
In rails 3.x, you need to go for:
rails s

Answer 5

Make sure you're in the right directory when you start the server
sites>yoursite> rails s

Answer 6

On rails 3, the simpliest way is rails s.
In rails 2, you can use ./script/server start.
You can also use another servers, like thin or unicorn, that also provide more performance.
I use unicorn, you can easily start it with unicorn_rails.
BTW, if you use another things, like a worker (sidekiq, resque, etc), I strongly recommend you to use foreman, so you can start all your jobs in one terminal windows with one command and get a unified log.

Answer 7

For rails 4.1.4 you can start server:
$ bin/rails server

Answer 8

Goto root directory of your rails project
In rails 2.x run > ruby script/server
In rails 3.x use > rails s

Answer 9

For newest Rails versions
If you have trouble with rails s, sometimes terminal fails.
And you should try to use:
./bin/rails
To access command.

Answer 10

For the latest version of Rails (Rails 5.1.4 released September 7, 2017), you need to start Rails server like below:
hello_world_rails_project$ ./bin/rails server
=> Booting Puma
=> Rails 5.1.4 application starting in development
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
Puma starting in single mode...
* Version 3.10.0 (ruby 2.4.2-p198), codename: Russell's Teapot
* Min threads: 5, max threads: 5
* Environment: development
* Listening on tcp://0.0.0.0:3000
More help information:
hello_world_rails_project$ ./bin/rails --help
The most common rails commands are:
generate Generate new code (short-cut alias: "g")
console Start the Rails console (short-cut alias: "c")
server Start the Rails server (short-cut alias: "s")
test Run tests except system tests (short-cut alias: "t")
test:system Run system tests
dbconsole Start a console for the database specified in
config/database.yml
(short-cut alias: "db")
new Create a new Rails application. "rails new my_app" creates a
new application called MyApp in "./my_app"

Answer 11

If you are in rails2 version then to start the server you have do,
script/server or
./script/server
But if you are in rails3 or above version then to start the server you have do,
rails server or
rails s

Answer 12

in rails 2.3.X,just type following command to start rails server on linux
script/server
and for more help read "README" file which is already created in rails project folder

Answer 13

I also faced the same issue, but my fault was that I was running "rails s" outside of my application directory.
After opening the cmd, just go inside your application and run the commands from their, it worked for me.

Answer 14

You have to cd to your master directory and then rails s command will work without problems.
But do not forget bundle-install command when you didn't do it before.

Answer 15

run with nohup to run process in the background permanently if ssh shell is closed/logged out
nohup ./script/server start > afile.out 2> afile.err < /dev/null &

Answer 16

Rails version < 2
From project root run:
./script/server

Answer 17

I believe this is what happens if "rails new [project]" has not actually executed correctly. If you are doing this on windows and "rails server" just returns the help screen, you may need to restart your command prompt window and likely repeat your setup instructions. This is more likely true if this is your first time setting up the environment.