Rails paths leading to domain with "ude" instead of "localhost"

Question

For some reason when I test, all my paths and link lead to a domain of "ude" rather than the usual localhost. Where should I start to dig to figure this out?

Answer 1

Could you check your environments/test.rb, environments/development and make sure the following is set to the URL you want :

Rails.application.routes.default_url_options[:host] = 'DESIRED URL'

Answer 2

You can change your domain name by using the following command in your terminal

sudo nano /etc/hosts

##
# Host Database
#
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
# when the system is booting.  Do not change this entry.
##
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
192.168.56.2   qruqsp.local









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change 127.0.0.1 to localhost instead of ude in your case

Refresh DNS settings with sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Now rails server will work now with http://localhost:3000/

Also you can change it to anything you like for example

add a line in 127.0.0.1 www.rubyrails.com

and refresh the DNS setting with sudo dscacheutil -flushcache

Now rails server will run in http://www.rubyrails.com:3000/

Answer 3

Use the url helpers that end in _path (relative) instead of _url (absolute)