# Startup/shutdown hook for a rails application?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/startup-shutdown-hook-for-a-rails-application/54478>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 6, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/startup-shutdown-hook-for-a-rails-application/54478 "2006-03-06T17:30:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Axel\_Schlueter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Axel\_Schlueter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Axel_Schlueter)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/startup-shutdown-hook-for-a-rails-application/54478/1 "2006-03-06T17:30:08Z")

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My rails application needs to start an additional tcp server.  
Is there any location in a rails app which gets executed  
exactly once while ‘booting’ where I should add the execution  
of the external server thread ? Same thing for shutdown ?

## Axel

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