Can't access rails application

Question

I have created my apps and everything is there but when I go to my host address, I cannot see anything, it gives me 404 NOT FOUND error. I also did rails server but it seems to hang. It looks like it just stops at WEBrick:HTTPSERVER#start: pid=3457 port 3000. And yes, when I ran rails server it was under the app folder.

I also went to port 3000, it says this page is not available.

When I add an index.html file, I can see that file. But this is obviously not what I want.

What else do I need to check to get to my app?

Answer 1

You need to configure the default route for your application, also known as root.

Add a line like this to your routes.rb file:

root to: 'newpage.html'

Or, if you want to route to a controller, like the show method on the People controller:

root to: 'people#show'

Here is the Rails guide on routing

Answer 2

Place root :to => "static#index" in your routes file and add an index file in public/.

Answer 3

Try to run the app in the new port as:

rails s -p 4000