prax on ubuntu machine for RoR

Question

Has anyone successfully installed and configured 'prax' https://github.com/ysbaddaden/prax ? I have tried configuring it on multiple pc but no success.

There is pow but it works only on OSX. If any other alternative please share.

Answer 1

First, install Prax and configure your apps as stated on its GitHub.

To know if actually is working, ping to a desire app.

ping myapp.dev

It should ping to your loopback (127.0.0.1). If this is not your case, check again.

Then follow this steps:

1) Restart your server

2) Restart your browser. If you are using Chrome, you might need to clear the cache (as stated on: https://github.com/ysbaddaden/prax/issues/51 and Pow domains not loading in Chrome)

3) Launch the app:

http://myapp.dev/

It is important that the first time you use the http:// prefix.

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If you are using Rails (which server Webrick defaults to port 3000, you should add this port to the URL, (I couldn't figure it out how to avoid this):

http://myapp.dev:3000/