ConnectionError: Error 8 connecting to localhost:6379. nodename nor servname provided, or not known.

[ayusharma]

I am getting this error while make tests:

ConnectionError: Error 8 connecting to localhost:6379. nodename nor servname provided, or not known.
IOError: [Errno 24] Too many open files

I only got these errors on Mac Os X and in ubuntu everything works fine.

After sometime I resolved the error using :

$ ulimit -n 1024

ulimit : It increases the open file limit for a non-root user.

Should we add this to troubleshooting documentation ?

[Natim]

Yes definitely 👍

[leplatrem]

Fixed #666

[guzhenping]

l try ,but it did not work

[Natim]

You need to do it in the shell running the redis-server.
Which distribution are you using?

[guzhenping]

l do it in my Mac pro terminal.sorry ,l don't know my reds's distribution...l installed it via pip .

[Natim]

How do you run redis?

[guzhenping]

ok...Thank you! It's a stupid action...l have forgotten installing redis_server.
It's strange that Redis-py Website only have one command "pip install redis"..