# Initialization at app's start up

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initialization-at-apps-start-up/120794>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 20, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initialization-at-apps-start-up/120794 "2007-11-20T17:49:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dmitry\_Beransky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dmitry\_Beransky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dmitry_Beransky)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/initialization-at-apps-start-up/120794/1 "2007-11-20T17:49:43Z")

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Hi,

I’d like to kick off a background thread responsible for monitoring  
the application’s vitals when the application starts. What’s the best  
approach to implement this with RoR running on a Windows box?

Thanks  
Dmitry