# Not able to start webrick server

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-start-webrick-server/89555>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 21, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-start-webrick-server/89555 "2007-03-21T07:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mayanktoc)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-start-webrick-server/89555/1 "2007-03-21T07:35:59Z")

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Hi All,

I’m not able to start webrick server on my system. Here I’m giving that  
error which occures during start the webrick.

C:\myapp\>ruby script/server  
./script/…/config/boot.rb:28:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem  
instead  
.  
=\> Booting WEBrick…  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 17, col 2:` h  
ost: localhost’ (ArgumentError)  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:459:i n`database\_configuration’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:181:i  
n `initialize_database' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:84:in`process’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:42:in  
`send' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:42:in`run’  
from ./script/…/config/…/config/environment.rb:13  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `ge m_original_require' ... 7 levels... from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`ge  
m\_original\_require’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `re quire' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_suppo rt/dependencies.rb:147:in`require’  
from script/server:3

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**Author:** ![mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mayanktoc)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-start-webrick-server/89555/2 "2007-03-21T07:44:05Z")

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Hey I got the solution.

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**Author:** ![mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@mayanktoc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mayanktoc)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/not-able-to-start-webrick-server/89555/3 "2007-03-21T08:35:19Z")

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Mayank Srivastava wrote:

> Hey I got the solution.

Hi,  
Cograts!! Mayank. If you face any problem regarding WEBrick Server.  
Please Check out the following link that will definately help you…

[http://openapp.org/f2/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3](http://openapp.org/f2/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3)  
[http://openapp.org/f2/forum/viewtopic.php?id=47](http://openapp.org/f2/forum/viewtopic.php?id=47)

Thanx  
Deepak  
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