How do I keep ruby on rails alive when I close the terminal?

January 13, 2015 1.6k views
denycall
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denycall

I have set up a ruby on rails blog but when I close the terminal the site doesnt work. I want to be able to enter the site even though my server is not open.
How can I do that?
Thanks.

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ryanpq MOD June 13, 2016

For any process that must remain running when you disconnect and is not a daemon (runs in the background) then you can use screen to background the process and safely disconnect.

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