# Web Server Error **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613 "2014-09-18T11:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rohan\_Sarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Rohan\_Sarker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Rohan_Sarker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/1 "2014-09-18T11:39:40Z")
Starting up the Web Server Error Details: I executed the following commands: $ rails new blog $ cd blog “Starting up the Web Server” $ bin/rails server C:\Ruby200\blog\>bin/rails server ‘bin’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Ruby200\blog\>rails server Could not find gem ‘tzinfo-data (\>= 0) x86-mingw32’ in the gems available on thi s machine. Run `bundle install` to install missing gems. C:\Ruby200\blog\>bundle install DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle Fetching gem metadata from [https://rubygems.org/…](https://rubygems.org/........)… Resolving dependencies… Using rake 10.3.2 Using i18n 0.6.11 Gem::InstallError: The ‘json’ native gem requires installed build tools. Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit from ‘[http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads)’ and follow the instructions at ‘[http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit](http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit)’ An error occurred while installing json (1.8.1), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install json -v '1.8.1'` succeeds before bundling. C:\Ruby200\blog\>rails server Could not find gem ‘tzinfo-data (\>= 0) x86-mingw32’ in the gems available on thi s machine. Run `bundle install` to install missing gems. C:\Ruby200\blog\> Also I could not open the Web Server in [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000/) Unable to connect Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:3000. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few ``` moments. ``` If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network ``` connection. ``` If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure ``` that Firefox is permitted to access the Web. ``` Please help in correcting the problem. **Regards** **Rohan Sarker** **+913324288069 / +917278539338** **[www.rohansarker.com](http://www.rohansarker.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![Colin\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Colin\_Law](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Colin_Law)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/2 "2014-09-18T12:29:31Z")
I think you may find it difficult to get help when running Rails on Windows. I strongly suggest using a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, or a Mac as do most developers. You can run Ubuntu in a virtual machine on top of windows (using VirtualBox or VMWare) or you can dual boot your machine to run whichever is appropriate. Once you start using Linux you will wonder why you stuck with Windows. It is great to feel in control of the PC again. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Rohan\_Sarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Rohan\_Sarker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Rohan_Sarker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/3 "2014-09-19T03:54:07Z")
Unfortunately I need to start Web Server in Windows 7. Please let me know if you have any solution for Windows 7. **Regards** **Rohan Sarker** **+913324288069 / +917278539338** **[www.rohansarker.com](http://www.rohansarker.com)** ---
**Author:** ![Colin\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Colin\_Law](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Colin_Law)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/4 "2014-09-19T06:38:43Z")
No, I have no solution for that, whether you will find a solution I do not know. Very few Rails servers run on Windows. I suggest that you tell whoever is instructing you that you must do this to think again. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Timothy\_Mukaibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@Timothy\_Mukaibo](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Timothy_Mukaibo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/5 "2014-09-19T06:53:53Z")
Exactly as the error says, try the following: Please update your PATH to include build tools or download the DevKit from ‘[http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads)’ and follow the instructions at ‘[http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit](http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/wiki/Development-Kit)’ ---
**Author:** ![Clayton\_Cottingham1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Clayton\_Cottingham1](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Clayton_Cottingham1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/6 "2014-09-19T07:03:29Z")
Well if rails and gem are working I wonder: Have you installed the dev kit? Looks like the Json gem is failing because the dev kit isnt installed and it needs the build tools inside it If you have installed the dev kit make sure you follow its instructions. It probably the path issue your error mentions. Ive used this setup before though so I know its doable ---
**Author:** ![Vic\_Abana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@Vic\_Abana](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Vic_Abana)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/7 "2014-09-19T07:59:12Z")
Hi Rohan, To add to Clayton’s message re DevKit. You may use the following instructions. 1. Download DevKit file from [Downloads](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads) (DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20110712-1620-sfx.exe) 1. Extract DevKit to path C:\Ruby200\DevKit 1. Go to DevKit installation directory, cd C:\Ruby200\DevKit 1. Run the command ruby dk.rb review 1. It is useful to review the list of Rubies to be enhanced to use the DevKit and verify the changes you made to it are correct. Run ruby dk.rb install 1. ``` Run gem ``` update --system and run bundle install to your project folder. Hope everything will go well while fixing these things. 😃 Thanks, Vic ---
**Author:** ![Rohan\_Sarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Rohan\_Sarker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Rohan_Sarker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/8 "2014-09-19T10:14:39Z")
I did as mentioned and the command log is as follows: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Dell\>cd C:\Ruby200\DevKit C:\Ruby200\DevKit\>ruby dk.rb review Unable to find ‘config.yml’. Have you run ‘ruby dk.rb init’ yet? C:\Ruby200\DevKit\>ruby dk.rb Configures an MSYS/MinGW based Development Kit (DevKit) for each of the Ruby installations on your Windows system. The DevKit enables you to build many of the available native RubyGems that don’t yet have a binary gem. Usage: ruby dk.rb COMMAND [options] where COMMAND is one of: init prepare DevKit for installation review review DevKit install plan install install required DevKit executables and ‘install’ [options] are: -f, --force overwrite existing helper scripts C:\Ruby200\DevKit\>ruby dk.rb init [INFO] found RubyInstaller v2.0.0 at C:/Ruby200 Initialization complete! Please review and modify the auto-generated ‘config.yml’ file to ensure it contains the root directories to all of the installed Rubies you want enhanced by the DevKit. C:\Ruby200\DevKit\>ruby dk.rb install [INFO] Updating convenience notice gem override for ‘C:/Ruby200’ [INFO] Installing ‘C:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/devkit.rb’ C:\Ruby200\DevKit\>gem update --system Updating rubygems-update Fetching: rubygems-update-2.4.1.gem (100%) Successfully installed rubygems-update-2.4.1 Parsing documentation for rubygems-update-2.4.1 Installing ri documentation for rubygems-update-2.4.1 Installing darkfish documentation for rubygems-update-2.4.1 Installing RubyGems 2.4.1 RubyGems 2.4.1 installed Parsing documentation for rubygems-2.4.1 Installing ri documentation for rubygems-2.4.1 === 2.4.1 / 2014-07-17 Bug fixes: - RubyGems can now be updated on Ruby implementations that do not support === 2.4.0 / 2014-07-16 Minor enhancements: - The contents command now supports a --show-install-dir option that shows - Added a --build-root option to the install command for packagers. Pull - Added vendor gem support to RubyGems. Package managers may now install gems Bug fixes: - Kernel#gem now respects the prerelease flag when activating gems. - RubyGems now prefers gems from git over installed gems. This allows gems - Fixed handling of git gems in a lockfile with unversioned dependencies. Bug - The ruby directive in a gem dependencies file is ignored when installing. - Added open to list of builtin commands (`gem open` now works). Reported by - `gem open` now works with command-line editors. Pull request #962 by Tim - `gem install -g` now respects `--conservative`. Pull request #950 by Jeremy - RubyGems releases announcements now now include checksums. Bug #939 by - RubyGems now expands ~ in $PATH when checking if installed executables will - Fixed `gem install -g --explain`. Issue #947 by Luis Lavena. Patch by - RubyGems locks less during gem activation. Pull request #951 by Aaron - Kernel#gem is now thread-safe. Pull request #967 by Aaron Patterson. - RubyGems now handles spaces in directory names for some parts of extension - RubyGems no longer defines an empty Date class. Pull Request #948 by Benoit - RubyGems respects --document options for `gem update` again. Bug 946 by - RubyGems generates documentation again with --ignore-dependencies. Bug #961 - RubyGems can install extensions across partitions now. Pull request #970 by - `-s` is now short for `--source` which resolves an ambiguity with - Added extra test for ~\> for 0.0.X versions. Pull request #958 by Mark - Fixed typo in gem updated help. Pull request #952 by Per Modin. - Clarified that the gem description should not be excessively long. Part of - Hid documentation of outdated test\_files related methods in Specification. - RubyGems now falls back to the old index if the [rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) API fails ---
**Author:** ![Rohan\_Sarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Rohan\_Sarker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Rohan_Sarker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/9 "2014-09-19T10:23:06Z")
I checked with some more options: Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Dell\>cd… C:\Users\>cd… C:\>cd Ruby200 C:\Ruby200\>cd blog C:\Ruby200\blog\>cd bin C:\Ruby200\blog\bin\>rails server Could not find gem ‘tzinfo-data (\>= 0) x86-mingw32’ in the gems available on thi s machine. Run `bundle install` to install missing gems. C:\Ruby200\blog\bin\>rails Could not find gem ‘tzinfo-data (\>= 0) x86-mingw32’ in the gems available on thi s machine. Run `bundle install` to install missing gems. C:\Ruby200\blog\bin\> **Regards** **Rohan Sarker** **+913324288069 / +917278539338** **[www.rohansarker.com](http://www.rohansarker.com)** ---
**Author:** ![Rohan\_Sarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Rohan\_Sarker](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Rohan_Sarker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/10 "2014-09-19T10:25:26Z")
For the Development Kit, I could find out only: ### DEVELOPMENT KIT #### For use with Ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.3: - [DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20111229-1559-sfx.exe](https://github.com/downloads/oneclick/rubyinstaller/DevKit-tdm-32-4.5.2-20111229-1559-sfx.exe) #### For use with Ruby 2.0 (32bits version only): - [DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx.exe](http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-32-4.7.2-20130224-1151-sfx.exe) #### For use with Ruby 2.0 (x64 – 64bits only) - [DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe](http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe) I installed the last one in the list: [DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe](http://cdn.rubyinstaller.org/archives/devkits/DevKit-mingw64-64-4.7.2-20130224-1432-sfx.exe) **Regards** **Rohan Sarker** **+913324288069 / +917278539338** **[www.rohansarker.com](http://www.rohansarker.com)** ---
**Author:** ![Robert\_Thau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Robert\_Thau](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Robert_Thau)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/web-server-error/69613/11 "2014-09-19T13:54:12Z")
Colin Law writes: \> \> Unfortunately I need to start Web Server in Windows 7. Please let me know if \> \> you have any solution for Windows 7. \> \> No, I have no solution for that, whether you will find a solution I do \> not know. Very few Rails servers run on Windows. I suggest that you \> tell whoever is instructing you that you must do this to think again. I've joked with people sometimes that the preferred deployment strategy for Rails on Windows is a VM running Linux, but depending on local politics, it may actually be worth considering. (Running a database this way has significant performance penalties, as the virtualization layer can make a hash of the DB's attempts to optimize physical I/O, but even that may not matter for light or moderate loads.) rst