# Rails app cannot connect to Ferret server **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 21, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750 "2008-01-21T22:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750/1 "2008-01-21T22:43:02Z")
I have installet the Ferret gem v. 0.11.6 and the latest acts\_as\_ferret plugin from svn://projects.jkraemer.net/acts\_as\_ferret/tags/stable/acts\_as\_ferret I’ve followed the instructions here [http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts\_as\_ferret/wiki/DrbServer](http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/wiki/DrbServer) to set up the server, and put acts\_as\_ferret :remote =\> true on one of my models (Ad) I can also start the ferret\_server, but when starting the Rails application (with mongrel) and fetching a page, I get the following errors in the log: Asked for a remote server ? true, ENV[“FERRET\_USE\_LOCAL\_INDEX”] is nil, looks like we are not the server Will use remote index server which should be available at druby://localhost:9010 Ad Columns (0.004026) SHOW FIELDS FROM `ads` default field list: [:keywords, :family\_tree\_other, :description, :sex, :top\_ad, :background\_color, :family\_tree, :notified\_expired, :ad\_kind\_id, :callname, :show\_bold\_border, :race\_id, :castrated, :display\_type, :homepage\_url, :distinctive\_features, :email, :read\_count, :age, :duration, :title, :show\_contact, :ts\_create, :age\_unit, :price, :show\_image\_on\_list, :phone2, :ts\_display, :color\_id, :show\_bold\_text, :phone1, :disappeared\_from, :qty\_available, :date\_sale\_ready, :phone3, :user\_id, :ts\_expire] ArgumentError (wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)): (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/bulk\_indexer.rb:19:in `ferret_enabled?' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/bulk_indexer.rb:19:in `index\_records’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/bulk\_indexer.rb:19:in `each' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/bulk_indexer.rb:19:in `index\_records’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/bulk\_indexer.rb:29:in `measure_time' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/bulk_indexer.rb:18:in `index\_records’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_extensions.rb:52:in `index_model' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/class_methods.rb:66:in `records\_for\_rebuild’ (druby://localhost:9010) /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/database\_statements.rb:66:in `transaction' (druby://localhost:9010) /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:80:in `transaction’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/class\_methods.rb:61:in `records_for_rebuild' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_extensions.rb:51:in `index\_model’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_extensions.rb:39:in `index_models' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_extensions.rb:39:in `each’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_extensions.rb:39:in `index_models' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_server.rb:143:in `rebuild\_index’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_server.rb:170:in `reconnect_when_needed' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_server.rb:141:in `rebuild\_index’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_server.rb:164:in `with_class' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_server.rb:137:in `rebuild\_index’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_server.rb:122:in `ensure_index_exists' (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/ferret_server.rb:164:in `with\_class’ (druby://localhost:9010) /vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_server.rb:119:in `ensure\_index\_exists’ Any idea what I might have missed? - Carsten ---
**Author:** ![tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750/2 "2008-01-21T23:16:38Z")
I am surprised that you could get that far. I cannot even contact the SVN server. It seems to be down? ---
**Author:** ![tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750/3 "2008-01-21T23:18:35Z")
Sorry. See my post in the ferret forum below: Hello All, I am trying to install “act\_as\_ferret” following the instructions given in the site: [http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts\_as\_ferret/](http://projects.jkraemer.net/acts_as_ferret/) I am on the windows XP machine using InstntRails 2.0 and everything thqt comes with it. I could gem install ferret fine using the same command, i.e., gem install ferret Now, according to instructions, I have to execute the following command: ruby script/plugin install svn://projects.jkraemer.net/acts\_as\_ferret/tags/stable/acts\_as\_ferret When I try to do that the server times out. I tried pinging the server [projects.jkraemer.net](http://projects.jkraemer.net) but get the following response: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\ruparelb\>ping [projects.jkraemer.net:80](http://projects.jkraemer.net:80) Ping request could not find host [projects.jkraemer.net:80](http://projects.jkraemer.net:80). Please check the name and try again. C:\Documents and Settings\ruparelb\>ping [projects.jkraemer.net](http://projects.jkraemer.net) Pinging [app4.jkraemer.net](http://app4.jkraemer.net) [213.239.247.222] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 213.239.247.222: Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 0, Lost = 2 (100% loss), Control-C ^C C:\Documents and Settings\ruparelb\> I am not sure what is going on. Please advise. Thanks. Bharat ---
**Author:** ![tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750/4 "2008-01-22T14:31:44Z")
Thanks. I will try to get it using Subversion. On Jan 22, 1:20 am, Carsten G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tuktuk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tuktuk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 7:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-app-cannot-connect-to-ferret-server/126750/5 "2008-01-22T07:20:45Z")
Bharat R. wrote: > ruby script/plugin install > svn://projects.jkraemer.net/acts\_as\_ferret/tags/stable/acts\_as\_ferret > > When I try to do that the server times out. I tried pinging the server > [projects.jkraemer.net](http://projects.jkraemer.net) but get the following response: It timed out for me a few times as well. But eventually I got it. Try to fetch it directly with subversion instead of using script/plugin install - Carsten