Creating and Running WEBrick© Servers


There are two ways to create a WEBrick server. The first is when you are creating a new rails project. The second is from the New WEBrick server wizard. Go to the File menu and select New... You will see the dialog box in Figure 1.1:


Figure 1.1

Expand the Server folder and select WEBrick Server, then click Next. You will see the dialog shown in Figure 1.2:


Figure 1.2

The fields will be populated with appropriate default values. You can change them if you wish. Click Finish, and the WEBrick server should show up in the Servers view.

Now that you have a WEBrick server created, it's time to use it. You can control it from the Servers view as shows in Figure 1.3:


Figure 1.3

The green arrow starts the server, and the red box stops it. The page button brings up a dialog where you can edit the properties of the server, such as name and runtime environment. The red X will delete the server. The globe button will launch the web browser. If your server is currently stopped, RadRails will prompt you to start the server before opening the browser.