# Remote Development?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-development/107302>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 20, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-development/107302 "2007-06-20T10:09:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jables)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-development/107302/1 "2007-06-20T10:09:46Z")

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I have a server that I am logging into to do my rails development.  
The problem is that I can’t view my application over the web. I have  
tried script/server as well as monrel\_rails start and am I wrong to  
say that they only bind to localhost and are therefore not viewable  
over the web? I have also tried binding them to the ip address of the  
server I log into using the --address= option as well as using  
ifconfig and trying the ip addresses listed there. Am I just being  
stupid or am I missing something?

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**Author:** ![Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jables)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-development/107302/2 "2007-06-20T10:50:52Z")

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Hi, have you tried do the following:

http://\<remote\_domain\_name\>:\<mongrel\_port\>/\<controller\_name\>/\<action\_name\>

If you’re on a Mac, you might be interested in using something like  
MacFuse to connect to your remote server.

Good luck,

-Conrad

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**Author:** ![Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/58956e/32.png) [@Jables](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jables)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/remote-development/107302/3 "2007-06-20T14:49:29Z")

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It should listen on all addresses… The machine is probably  
firewalled off, its it at a hosting provider, or something on your  
local network? And you are using the correct port to listen to?

Linc.