# How to run rake thinking\_sphinx:index in test environment?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 28, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-rake-thinking-sphinx-index-in-test-environment/174543 "2009-08-28T12:42:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-run-rake-thinking-sphinx-index-in-test-environment/174543/1 "2009-08-28T12:42:21Z")

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Hi,

I tried ‘rake thinking\_sphinx:index RAILS\_ENV=test’

but it throws following error

F:\test\_sarasaves\sarasaves\>rake thinking\_sphinx:index RAILS\_ENV=test  
(in F:/test\_sarasaves/sarasaves)  
Generating Configuration to F:/test\_sarasaves/sarasaves/config/  
test.sphinx.conf  
Sphinx 0.9.8-release (r1533)  
Copyright © 2001-2008, Andrew Aksyonoff

using config file ‘F:/test\_sarasaves/sarasaves/config/  
test.sphinx.conf’…  
FATAL: no sources found in config file.  
rake aborted!  
The following command failed:  
indexer --config F:/test\_sarasaves/sarasaves/config/test.sphinx.conf  
–all