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(Quick Reference) # 2.8 Running an Application - Reference Documentation Authors: Graeme Rocher, Peter Ledbrook, Marc Palmer, Jeff Brown, Luke Daley, Burt Beckwith, Lari Hotari Version: 2.3.8 ## 2.8 Running an Application Grails applications can be run with the built in Tomcat server using the run-app command which will load a server on port 8080 by default:
    grails run-app
You can specify a different port by using the `server.port` argument:
    grails -Dserver.port=8090 run-app
Note that it is better to start up the application in interactive mode since a container restart is much quicker:
    $ grails
    grails> run-app
    | Server running. Browse to http://localhost:8080/helloworld
    | Application loaded in interactive mode. Type 'stop-app' to shutdown.
    | Downloading: plugins-list.xml
    grails> stop-app
    | Stopping Grails server
    grails> run-app
    | Server running. Browse to http://localhost:8080/helloworld
    | Application loaded in interactive mode. Type 'stop-app' to shutdown.
    | Downloading: plugins-list.xml
More information on the run-app command can be found in the reference guide. | Quick Reference (hide)