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"A server is already running" error in rails

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..$ rails s
=> Booting Puma
=> Rails 5.2.6 application starting in development 
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
A server is already running. Check /home/istiak/ruby/qpixel/tmp/pids/server.pid.
Exiting

I was using my laptop. But, suddenly my laptop had turned off (for low battery). When I turned on my laptop and trying to run the server, I got above error. What should I do now? I had tried to go to gateway (http://localhost:3000/) but I couldn't visit that site.

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There's a easiest way to solve the problem that is you have to remove the file /home/istiak/ruby/qpixel/tmp/pids/server.pid. Then, you can run your server again.

rm /home/istiak/ruby/qpixel/tmp/pids/server.pid

Otherwise, you can kill the process also. Before killing the process you have find number of the process

more /home/istiak/ruby/qpixel/tmp/pids/server.pid

Then, put that number on following command (instead of 2786)

kill -9 PID (eg,2786)

You can try following code instead of above command (both are equivalent)

kill -9 $(more /home/istiak/ruby/qpixel/tmp/pids/server.pid)

If above code doesn't work than, try following ones.

kill -9 $(lsof -i tcp:3000 -t)
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Don't use the `-9` option unless all else failed! The `-9` option is the “nuclear option”, leaving... (1 comment)
Don't kill the process by process ID number unless you have actually verified what that process is (14 comments)
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To fix this:

First, run cat command on the file listed in the message. e.g:

cat /home/XXX/ruby/YYY/tmp/pids/server.pid

cat command will return a 5 digit number. e.g

12345

12345 is the PID of the process that is running the current rails server.

Then kill the running process using:

kill -9 12345

Then you can run the server using:

rails s
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PIDs are not required to be a 5-digit number (1 comment)
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