Step ?) Create Rails Application

rails.md

$ gem install rails
$ rails new my_application --database=sqlserver
$ cd my_application

<TEMPORARY-HACKS>

This section is obsolete when Rails v5.0.2 comes out. Open the config/database.yml and change the contents to look like this.

default: &default
  adapter: sqlserver
  encoding: utf8
  username: sa
  password: <%= ENV['SA_PASSWORD'] %>
  host: localhost

development:
  <<: *default
  database: my_application_development

test:
  <<: *default
  database: my_application_test

</TEMPORARY-HACKS> Just FYI.

Now setup your development and test databases.

$ export SA_PASSWORD=...
$ ./bin/setup

From here you can start your Rails server and load the initial welcome to Rails test page.

$ ./bin/rails server
=> Booting Puma
=> Rails 5.0.1 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options
Puma starting in single mode...
* Version 3.7.1 (ruby 2.3.1-p112), codename: Snowy Sagebrush
* Min threads: 5, max threads: 5
* Environment: development
* Listening on tcp://localhost:3000
Use Ctrl-C to stop

Now visit http://localhost:3000 in youer browser. You should see the following page load.