Trying to connect in with ruby on rails to the database

[Fjayjay]

Hey all just trying to start up arangosh today and i got...

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Could not connect to endpoint 'http+tcp://127.0.0.1:8529', database: '_system', username: 'root'

Error message: 'Could not connect to 'http+tcp://127.0.0.1:8529' 'connect() failed with #61 - Connection refused''

I am not an experienced programmer and i find the arango documentation both daunting and illegible.

How do i get my connection to arango back?

then if i could do that, i would love some guidance on how to set up a ruby on rails app to use arango if anyone knows any resources. i have searched and found nothing on this.

[Fjayjay]

Ok I got the server running. Just need some really basic help getting the database connected to rails if there are any guides available?

[Fjayjay]

for example after installing the gem it says to add 

require arangorb

which file? there has to be more documentation

[wi...@arangodb.com]

Hi,
we used to maintain https://github.com/arangodb-helper/guacamole - but it was discontinued due to lack of interest of the ruby community.
you may want to take a look at it.

Cheers,
Willi

[Fjayjay]

it certainly looks friendly to use and has a great name. any chance it would get picked up again? my concern is in using something thats not maintaned. i will give it a try

[Fjayjay]

oops. i guess it doesnt work with the current version. unfortunate because its exactly what i need. it looks to me like the rails community is a bit stuck in ralational database land, however as the arangodb community grows, as it seems rather small compared to neo4j, i would hope someone would pick up guacamole. new developers like myself may be the ones to get the rails thinking out of the relational db box and it seems they are kind of a perfect match for eachother arango and rails. neo4j has tons of documentation for rails, but its licensing doesnt match my needs. arango however seems a perfect fit for my app only that it is so hard for me to get it connected to rails. maybe orientdb has something easier?meh , i may just have to go with postgre