How to run elasticsearch server in rspec
I remember having a similar problem, and I solved it with the following line in my test_helper:
ENV["TEST_CLUSTER_NODES"] = "1" # need to set so we trigger correct ES defaultsI figured it out by looking at the Elasticsearch::Extensions::Test::Cluster source and realizing that Elasticsearch::Extensions::Test::Cluster.running? was returning true (and therefore not starting the cluster) unless that TEST_CLUSTER_NODES value is set.