What's the database.yml configuration for using Rails with RethinkDB?

Question

I am trying to dive into RethinkDB with Rails and followed the steps until here: https://rethinkdb.com/docs/rails/

How do I configure the database adapter for RethinkDB though?

Answer 1

From the documentation I read:

We'll be using NoBrainer—a RethinkDB ORM, which is an almost drop-in replacement for ActiveRecord.

This implies you will replace ActiveRecord, hence the configuration will not happen in database.yml which, instead, is the ActiveRecord configuration file.

Check the NoBrainer docs to understand how the database is configured. Specifically, this page tells you how to configure it. There is a specific setting called

config.rethinkdb_urls = [config.default_rethinkdb_url]

where you specify the database connection string.