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Asked: 2026-06-01T07:34:48+00:00

I am presently developing a web service using Ruby on Rails. I wish to

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I am presently developing a web service using Ruby on Rails. I wish to run it on LAN as well as web simultaneously? How can it be done?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I am assuming

    • You want you want to demonstrate a product running on a local machine to a person on the internet.

    OR

    • You are trying to test Paypal IPN notification.

    1) Install the proxylocal gem

    gem install proxylocal

    2) Run your rails server in development mode.

    3) Run proxy local

    $ proxylocal 3000 --host joshi_server
Local server on port 3000 is now publicly available via:
http://joshi_server.t.proxylocal.com/

    Now, you can access your local server using http://joshi_server.t.proxylocal.com/ anywhere from the web.

    Note

    Similar services

    Free : ngrok, localtunnel, pagekite, yaler,

    Paid : showoff.io

    I found proxylocal, localtunnel, and showoff to be similar w.r.t ease of use and reliability. I prefer proxylocal as it allows me to name and reuse the subdomain for my local server.

    Do not use this approach for a production setup

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