# Ruby script/server -- Errno::EADDRINUSE **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-errno-eaddrinuse/92242 "2007-04-17T12:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thameem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@thameem](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thameem)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-errno-eaddrinuse/92242/1 "2007-04-17T12:34:41Z")
i am trying to start the server i am getting the following error… =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options [2007-04-17 16:02:20] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2007-04-17 16:02:20] INFO ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13) [i686-linux] [2007-04-17 16:02:20] WARN TCPServer Error: Address already in use - bind(2) /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `initialize': Address already in use - bind(2) (Errno::EADDRINUSE) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `new’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/utils.rb:73:in `create_listeners' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `each’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/utils.rb:70:in `create_listeners' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:75:in `listen’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:63:in `initialize' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:24:in `initialize’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/webrick\_server.rb:58:in `new' ... 7 levels... from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.3/lib/commands/server.rb:39 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem\_original\_require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `require’ from script/server:3 Thanks