title: Rescue : Connection refused - Unable to connect to Redis on localhost:6379
body: <p>I have followed the instructions to install resque, but now when I try to spawn a worker with this command I get a connection error: </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ QUEUE=mailer rake environment resque:work --trace
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this is the error that I get:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Connection refused - Unable to connect to Redis on localhost:6379</p>
  </blockquote>