wsdlDriver won't run under Rails (SSL)

I have a wsdl client that will work standalone but as soon as I put
identical code into a Rails controller I get an Errno::ECONNREFUSED
#(Connection refused -connect(2)…) Any ideas?

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||Standalone: (works) ||

require 'soap/wsdlDriver'
require 'http-access2'

user = 'fwkaufm'
wsdl = 'ProxyUser.wsdl'

soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl).create_rpc_driver
soap.options['protocol.http.ssl_config.client_cert'] =

‘/etc/certs/ssl.crt/server_cert.crt’
soap.options[‘protocol.http.ssl_config.client_key’]=’/etc/certs/ssl.crt/server_key_nopass.pem’
soap.options[‘protocol.http.ssl_config.ca_file’]=’/etc/certs/ssl.crt/ca.crt’

dn = soap.getDn(user)
puts dn

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||Behind a Controller: (Doesn’t work) ||

require ‘soap/wsdlDriver’
require ‘http-access2’

class WebserviceTestController < ApplicationController
def connection
user = ‘fwkaufm’
wsdl = ‘ProxyUser.wsdl’

  soap = SOAP::WSDLDriverFactory.new(wsdl).create_rpc_driver
  soap.options['protocol.http.ssl_config.client_cert'] =

‘/etc/certs/ssl.crt/server_cert.crt’
soap.options[‘protocol.http.ssl_config.client_key’]=’/etc/certs/ssl.crt/server_key_nopass.pem’
soap.options[‘protocol.http.ssl_config.ca_file’]=’/etc/certs/ssl.crt/ca.crt’

  dn = soap.getDn(user)
  end

end