# "script/server -e production" doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-e-production-doesnt-work/93561 "2006-04-04T20:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-e-production-doesnt-work/93561/1 "2006-04-04T20:18:24Z")
I’ve got an error that’s only happening on my live webserver, so wanted to test on my local machine in the production environment. On my local machine, I tried to run… script/server -e production … but get: server: invalid option: -e Has this been disabled or renamed in 1.1? I’m running gem Rails 1.1, Ruby 1.8.4, and the server is Lighttpd 1.3.16. Thanks, ~Dave – Dave S. Rent-A-Monkey Website Development > **[Tree Removal Service For Home & Businesses in Salt Lake City, UT](https://www.rentamonkey.com/)** > > Rent A Monkey Tree Service provides the safest, highest-quality tree removal for Salt Lake City, UT homes and businesses. Request a service today! PGP Key: [http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc](http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc) ---
**Author:** ![dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-e-production-doesnt-work/93561/2 "2006-04-04T20:24:35Z")
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 19:16 +0100, Dave S. wrote: > I’m running gem Rails 1.1, Ruby 1.8.4, and the server is Lighttpd 1.3.16. * * * try launching with ruby script/server -e production but note, you can only have one server for each port so if you have production running already on default port, it won’t work. But ruby script/server -e production -p 3100 should work (of course, users wanting to connect to ‘production’ would have to use things like localhost:3100) Craig ---
**Author:** ![dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-server-e-production-doesnt-work/93561/3 "2006-04-04T20:43:07Z")
On Tuesday 04 Apr 2006 19:22, Craig W. wrote: > try launching with > ruby script/server -e production > but note, you can only have one server for each port so if you have > production running already on default port, it won’t work. But > ruby script/server -e production -p 3100 > should work (of course, users wanting to connect to ‘production’ would > have to use things like localhost:3100) Thanks Craig, but I’m afraid that still doesn’t work. I normally do run it with “ruby” in front, but that doesn’t make any difference here. This is on my local machine, and it’s definitely not running the server already. FWIW, just to simulate that error, if I try to run two servers (in two different terminal windows) I get: 2006-04-04 19:35:49: (network.c.235) can’t bind to port 3443 Address already in use So just to confirm: completely different error message for if what you think might be happening was happening. This is on Gentoo Linux, if that makes any difference. It’s a site running in SSL mode on Lighttpd using a self-signed certificate. Has been working fine for ages, and will run in production mode if I make the switch in my environment.rb - it just won’t run in production straight from the command line. Cheers, ~Dave – Dave S. Rent-A-Monkey Website Development > **[Tree Removal Service For Home & Businesses in Salt Lake City, UT](https://www.rentamonkey.com/)** > > Rent A Monkey Tree Service provides the safest, highest-quality tree removal for Salt Lake City, UT homes and businesses. Request a service today! PGP Key: [http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc](http://www.rentamonkey.com/pgpkey.asc)