Wont connect to database

[rlargett]

Hello, Im getting a database connection error.

Error: Unable to recover database connection (more than five retries): Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:3001 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379

I've downloaded the repo, ran npm install, and then npm start. I can get the dashboard to come up at localhost:3000 and Add Book. but when I go to the Books page or try to upload a book I get the above error. Do I need to install and run Redis locally? Im on windows 10.

Thanks

[Radiergummi]

Hi @rlargett, yes, kiosk requires redis to run locally. This might prove to be a little complicated on Windows; I'd rather suggest using something like a Raspberry Pi or a virtual machine running some flavor of Linux.
I thought about rewriting kiosk with i18n support and a filesystem based indexing system, but I'm afraid it will take a while until I manage to make some time for that...

[rlargett]

Ok, thanks @Radiergummi. Maybe I'll try the virtual machine. I also found this that I might try: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows.

Yah, I completely understand about making time for things.

Thanks!

[Radiergummi]

As a heads-up, this actually brought me to kiosk again, and I've just started porting everything to a PHP backend. Might take a while, but I'll make sure to let you know once I'm finished.

[rlargett]

Awesome! Sounds good, thanks!