# Installing Ruby on rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-rails/79077>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-rails/79077 "2006-12-12T01:05:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-rails/79077/1 "2006-12-12T01:05:28Z")

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Ive just tried to get started with ruby on rails downloaded the  
installer for windows and managed to start the server, but in every  
tutorial it states that the doc root is accessed at  
[http://127.0.0.1:3000](http://127.0.0.1:3000) however i cannot find it. I tried  
[http://127.0.0.1:8808](http://127.0.0.1:8808) and it came up with some sort of documentation not  
welcome to rails or anything.

I hope this is the right forum if not can you tell me where to go or  
what im doing wrong.

Also where is the actual doc root and can i use my existing apache web  
server and mysql database i have on my local computer?

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**Author:** ![tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tbobker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tbobker)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ruby-on-rails/79077/2 "2006-12-12T01:34:51Z")

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Hey, welcome to Ruby on Rails, you’re going to love it. You need to  
take these questions to the Rails list, though, the Ruby list is for  
language topics.