How can i keep retaining the Amazon EC2 server

Question

This is my step

1. Made a new instance in Amazon EC2

2. connect to the ec2 instance with ssh client

3. git cloned a Ruby on Rails app

4. run the server with rails s

5. try to connect to the url : EC2PUBLICIP:3000

6. ok it works!

7. closed the ssh client terminal

8. now i cannot connect :(

Do I have to keep retaining the ssh client from my local pc to run the instance server????

Answer 1

Try this

rails server &

This will run the server in the background, so it will not be stopped when the ssh connection is closed

Answer 2

For a process to continue after you close the console you need to use nohup

nohup rails server &

But note that if your machine is restarted, there is nothing to start your server automatically. For better production-ready application, look at solutions like the ones mentioned here: Ruby on Rails Server options