Issue while trying to set up local server

[AnshVM]

So i was trying setup the music blocks server locally as instructed in the docs. After the cloning the repo i ran the following command as mentioned in the docs:

python -c "import os, sys; os.system('python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000 --bind 127.0.0.1') if sys.version_info.major==2 else os.system('python -m http.server 3000 --bind 127.0.0.1');

I get the following error.

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `'python -m SimpleHTTPServer 3000 --bind 127.0.0.1''

[shantanuSakpal]

Hey @AnshVM , I have solved this error #2979 on my Windows 10 machine.
(The error refers to the port 3000 already being used by some other process, I couldn't find a way to get the process which is using port 3000, so we will try port 8080.)

Just follow along these steps:-

1. Click on Start button, and search "cmd", right click on command prompt , and choose, run as administrator.
2. Then , navigate to the folder in which you have cloned the musicblocks repository. (for me it was "D:\Comp Sci\WebDev\musicblocks")
3. Now type - python -c "import os, sys; os.system('python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080') if sys.version_info.major==2 else os.system('python -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1')"
4. If it gives you the same error, the port 8080 is being used by some other process. To check for the process type - netstat -ano | findstr "8080"
5. this will list the process , along with its pid(process id) , for example:
   
6. to stop the process, type - taskkill /F /PID <pid> . (replace with your pid, for me its 4892, so i typed taskkill /F /PID 4892.) after running this, we should get a message like - SUCCESS: The process with PID 4892 has been terminated.
7. Now run the command again - python -c "import os, sys; os.system('python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080') if sys.version_info.major==2 else os.system('python -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1')"
8. You should get a message like : Serving HTTP on 127.0.0.1 port 8080 (http://127.0.0.1:8080/) ...
9. Now head to http://127.0.0.1:8080/ , and you should see the musicblocks home page.

Thats it ! Hope i was able to help you. happy coding !
@pikurasa can you tell if changing the port will have any effect on the working of the app. Are any other services in the app listening specifically to port 3000?

[pikurasa]

@pikurasa can you tell if changing the port will have any effect on the working of the app. Are any other services in the app listening specifically to port 3000?

I doubt it, but @meganindya and @walterbender would know better than me.