# Adding a new RAILS\_ENV (== Rails.env)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-a-new-rails-env-rails-env/195589>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 26, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-a-new-rails-env-rails-env/195589 "2010-09-26T02:43:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-a-new-rails-env-rails-env/195589/1 "2010-09-26T02:43:24Z")

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Easy question: what’s the ‘official’ way to add a new RAILS\_ENV, and  
invoke it when running the server with script/server. Is there a best  
practice?

Thanks much!

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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-a-new-rails-env-rails-env/195589/2 "2010-09-26T04:20:42Z")

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Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 25, 2010, at 5:43 PM, Pito S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Easy question: what’s the ‘official’ way to add a new RAILS\_ENV, and  
> invoke it when running the server with script/server. Is there a best  
> practice?

Pito, I have always created a specialized environment within the  
config/environments directory. For example, my-development.rb which  
would get invoked as follows:

script/server -e my-development

Next, I would recommend reading the available docs locally as well as  
online.

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@pitosalas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pitosalas)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/adding-a-new-rails-env-rails-env/195589/3 "2010-09-26T04:45:09Z")

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Conrad,

Thanks!

Pito