Bind rails server to 127.0.0.1 by default

Question

I'd like to bind the rails server to 127.0.0.1, instead of 0.0.0.0 so its not accessible when I'm working from coffee shops.

Is there a configuration file where I can specify this option so I don't have to pass the command line switch:

rails server -b 127.0.0.1

?

Answer 1

If you are searching for Rails 5: Answer

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In Rails ~> 4.0 you can customize the boot section of the Server class:

In /config/boot.rb add this lines:

require 'rails/commands/server'

module Rails
  class Server
    def default_options
      super.merge({Port: 10524, Host: '127.0.0.1'})
    end
  end
end

As already answered on this questions:

How to change Rails 3 server default port in develoment?

How to change the default binding ip of Rails 4.2 development server?

Answer 2

You can make a bash script to just run the command by default:

#!/bin/bash
rails server -b 127.0.0.1

Put it in the same folder as your project, name it anything you want (e.g. devserv), then

chmod +x devserv

And all you have to do is ./devserv