Running multiple instances of Rails Server

Question

I am new to Rails, so please forgive me if this is obvious.

I am doing a lot of experimenting, creating to applications, testing features, etc. It got my first scaff

Answer 1

I suspect the old server was still running and the new server failed to start. Try killing it first and then start it your new app.

Alternatively, you could start the new server on a different port by using the -p switch (e.g. rails server -p 3001)