Rails Kill Server - Ruby

When working with Ruby on Rails, it is common to run the Rails server to preview your web application in development. However, if you need to stop the server for any reason, there is a command you can use to kill the Rails server process.

The Command

The command to kill the Rails server is:

$ rails kill server

This will stop the Rails server process completely.

Options

The rails kill server command has two options:

• -p PORT: Specify the port number of the server to kill.
• -v: Verbose output. Print the process ID of the server being killed.

For example, to kill the server running on port 3000, you can use:

$ rails kill server -p 3000

If you want to see the process ID of the server being killed, you can use:

$ rails kill server -v

Conclusion

The rails kill server command is useful if you need to stop the Rails server process. With the options available, you can specify the port number of the server or see the process ID being killed.