# Simplest way to demonstrate a RoR app **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 22, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098 "2006-06-22T00:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hariraj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098/1 "2006-06-22T00:44:20Z")
Hi, I have built a simple RoR application and would like to show it to some friends. I would like to assign a dyndns URI like “[myapp.dyndns.org](http://myapp.dyndns.org)” address to point to the application. As the WEBrick/Mongrel servers are running in “localhost (so loopback connections)” and I couldn’t bind them to the external server name or couldn’t bind them to my IP address. What is the simplest way to share a RoR application? Thanks, Hari ---
**Author:** ![hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hariraj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098/2 "2006-06-22T00:56:30Z")
On 6/21/06, Nara H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > connections)" and I couldn’t bind them to the external server name or > couldn’t bind them to my IP address. > > What is the simplest way to share a RoR application? go into the config file for the server and attach it to your ip instead of localhost? this would work on a lan because it’s usually easy to set a static internal ip for your comp on your router and have it just forward all calls to the appropriate port to the computer on that ip. - kate = masukomi ---
**Author:** ![hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hariraj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098/3 "2006-06-22T01:07:13Z")
Kate, I was able to bind it to my internal IP e.g. 192.168…but couldn’t connect from external machines even though I have configured the router to forward the port. How can I achieve this? Thanks, Hari > On 6/21/06, Nara H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > connections)" and I couldn’t bind them to the external server name or > > couldn’t bind them to my IP address. > > > > What is the simplest way to share a RoR application? > > go into the config file for the server and attach it to your ip instead > of > localhost? > this would work on a lan because it’s usually easy to set a static > internal > ip for your comp on your router and have it just forward all calls to > the > appropriate port to the computer on that ip. > > - kate = masukomi ---
**Author:** ![hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hariraj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098/4 "2006-06-22T16:47:01Z")
Nara H. wrote: > Hi, > > I have built a simple RoR application and would like to show it to some > friends. > > I would like to assign a dyndns URI like “[myapp.dyndns.org](http://myapp.dyndns.org)” address to > point to the application. > > As the WEBrick/Mongrel servers are running in “localhost (so loopback > connections)” and I couldn’t bind them to the external server name or > couldn’t bind them to my IP address. > > What is the simplest way to share a RoR application? > > Thanks, Hari use dynamic dns. ---
**Author:** ![hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/4491bb/32.png) [@hariraj](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hariraj)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simplest-way-to-demonstrate-a-ror-app/64098/5 "2006-06-22T14:09:52Z")
On 6/21/06, Nara H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Kate, I was able to bind it to my internal IP e.g. 192.168…but couldn’t > connect from external machines even though I have configured the router > to forward the port. > > How can I achieve this? that depends. your isp may be blocking that port. your computer may have a firewall on it that’s blocking that port. you may need to tweak something else in your router… many many things could be hampering you that can’t be adequately debugged via e-mail. - kate = masukomi