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Asked: 2026-06-11T21:21:45+00:00

I have installed Ruby on Rails and have no programming experience. I wanted to

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I have installed Ruby on Rails and have no programming experience. I wanted to connect to webserver as I want to run a demo application.

I did:

$ rails server

BUT after that my command prompt stops working, meaning that I can not continue (e.g. I can not type a command).

Can anyone give me advice on what to do next?

console screen shot showing <code>rails s</code> output

Thanks for any help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes. When you start the rails server it takes over the terminal that you were using to print out the log. You will not be able to enter new commands until you either:

    1. kill the server
    2. run the server in the background (hit CTRL+Z and type “bg”)

    You could also start the server in background mode with: rails script/server &

    However – I recommend opening a second terminal screen for commands, as watching the log is very useful for debugging purposes.

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