# Instant Rails 1.4 and Mongrel

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-1-4-and-mongrel/73284>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 23, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-1-4-and-mongrel/73284 "2006-10-23T16:06:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-1-4-and-mongrel/73284/1 "2006-10-23T16:06:55Z")

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I just upgraded to InstantRails 1.4, which, among other things, runs  
Mongrel  
in lieu of Webrick. I used to be able to go right to  
..\rails\_apps\myapp  
and run

ruby script\server

and up would fire Webrick and I could then navigate my browswer to  
[http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) and be off and running. Now, I cannot do that.

Can someone fill me in on the new way to do things here? Thansk, Ike

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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-1-4-and-mongrel/73284/2 "2006-10-23T16:18:57Z")

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On 10/23/06, Ike [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I just upgraded to InstantRails 1.4, which, among other things, runs Mongrel  
> in lieu of Webrick. I used to be able to go right to ..\rails\_apps\myapp  
> and run
> 
> ruby script\server
> 
> and up would fire Webrick and I could then navigate my browswer to  
> [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) and be off and running. Now, I cannot do that.
> 
> Can someone fill me in on the new way to do things here? Thansk, Ike

try mongrel\_rails (possibly with some parameters)

disclaimer: this is how mongrel is usually started. I haven’t used any  
recent InstantRails.

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**Author:** ![ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@ike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ike)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/instant-rails-1-4-and-mongrel/73284/3 "2006-10-23T20:09:48Z")

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On 10/23/06, Ike [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I just upgraded to InstantRails 1.4, which, among other things, runs Mongrel  
> in lieu of Webrick. I used to be able to go right to ..\rails\_apps\myapp  
> and run
> 
> ruby script\server
> 
> and up would fire Webrick and I could then navigate my browswer to  
> [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) and be off and running. Now, I cannot do that.
> 
> Can someone fill me in on the new way to do things here? Thansk, Ike

That should work as long as IR’s ruby\bin directory is on the path (by  
opneing the console window through IR, or running “use\_ruby.cmd”,  
etc.).

Once you are in you app’s root directory you can start it with WEBrick  
as you stated above, or you can start it with Mongrel with the command  
“mongrel\_rails”.

Curt