Access WEBrick server from outside

Question

I want to be able to access my development server from a machine outside of my home.
I have tried to run rvmsudo rails server -p 80, but when I try to access my computer with my IP, I get to the configuration page of my router...

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Testing here, to me works like this:

-d = daemon service

-b 0.0.0.0 = make outside access enabled

So, the command is:

$ rails s -d -p 80 -b 0.0.0.0

I hope this can help you.

Answer 2

My guess is that you are already having a service (like apache web server) listening on port 80.

All you have to do, is pick a port that's unoccupied and bind the service to it.

rails s -d -p PORT_NUMBER

Then you must set up port-forwarding for that port.

Last but not least, if you have a dynamic (it changes over time) IP address (most common), you must always know your current IP. (http://whatismyip.com)

Then you can connect to your web app like this

http://CURRENT_IP_ADDRESS:PORT_NUMBER