Rails - Jun 2008 - Why can't I access Webrick web server from other computers?

Hi everyone,

I have a rails project running on Ubuntu. When I ran it on localhost
http://localhost:3000, it worked perfectly. But when I tried to access
from other computers in the same network by either http://hostname:3000
or http://[ipaddress]:3000, I got a "Internet Explorer cannot display
the webpage" error.

I double checked my ubuntu with iptables, no rules are defined:

iptables -L

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Did I miss some configurations? Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

xianese
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What does it say when ruby script/server boots up?  It should be
binding to either your IP address or to 0.0.0.0 (all IP addresses).

On Jun 19, 3:01 pm, Mian Zhang
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a rails project running on Ubuntu. When I ran it on
localhosthttp://localhost:3000, it worked perfectly. But when I tried to access
> from other computers in the same network by eitherhttp://hostname:3000
> orhttp://[ipaddress]:3000, I got a "Internet Explorer cannot display
> the webpage" error.
>
> I double checked my ubuntu with iptables, no rules are defined:
>
> iptables -L
>
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
>
> Did I miss some configurations? Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> xianese
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Hey,
You should start webrick or mongrel with
./script/server -b <IP_ADDRESS> -p <PORT> [-e production]

Then you will be able to access it from other machines on the network.

Cheers,
Pavan

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:03 PM, julian
<thefool808-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> What does it say when ruby script/server boots up?  It should be
> binding to either your IP address or to 0.0.0.0 (all IP addresses).
>
> On Jun 19, 3:01 pm, Mian Zhang
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have a rails project running on Ubuntu. When I ran it on
localhosthttp://localhost:3000, it worked perfectly. But when I tried to access
>> from other computers in the same network by eitherhttp://hostname:3000
>> orhttp://[ipaddress]:3000, I got a "Internet Explorer cannot
display
>> the webpage" error.
>>
>> I double checked my ubuntu with iptables, no rules are defined:
>>
>> iptables -L
>>
>> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>> target     prot opt source               destination
>>
>> Did I miss some configurations? Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> xianese
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>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
>
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Pavankumar Kulkarni wrote:
> Hey,
> You should start webrick or mongrel with
> ./script/server -b <IP_ADDRESS> -p <PORT> [-e production]
> 
> Then you will be able to access it from other machines on the network.
> 
> Cheers,
> Pavan

Pavan and Julian,

it works!!!

Thanks a lot.

Mian
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To get this working in internet explorer in development, you have to
prepend the address with HTTP://  when using  a port (:3000), without
http:// IE will fail to load the page

On Jun 19, 1:35 pm, Mian Zhang
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wrote:
> Pavankumar Kulkarni wrote:
> > Hey,
> > You should start webrick or mongrel with
> > ./script/server -b <IP_ADDRESS> -p <PORT> [-e production]
>
> > Then you will be able to access it from other machines on the network.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Pavan
>
> Pavan and Julian,
>
> it works!!!
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Mian
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