# Cannot connect to server in OS X

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-connect-to-server-in-os-x/94166>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 23, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-connect-to-server-in-os-x/94166 "2006-04-23T19:14:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![damien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@damien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/damien)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-connect-to-server-in-os-x/94166/1 "2006-04-23T19:14:36Z")

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i’ve just finished installing ruby, ruby gems, rails, blah, blah, blah,  
as explained here:

> **[Dan Benjamin](https://danbenjamin.com)**
>
> Dan Benjamin's personal website.

throughout the installation, everything seemed fine but when i try to  
access [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) i get a connection refused page.

what have i done wrong? ☹

thanks for any help,  
Damien

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**Author:** ![damien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@damien](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/damien)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-connect-to-server-in-os-x/94166/2 "2006-04-23T19:25:35Z")

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sorry, ignore me. its sorted now… i just started doing some of the  
commands in terminal and it booted lighttpd (which i now know wasnt  
running before hand) 🙂