rails_root = ENV['RAILS_ROOT'] || File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..' rails_env = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development' config_file = File.join(rails_root, 'config', 'resque.yml') if File.exists?(config_file) resque_config = YAML.load_file(config_file) Resque.redis = resque_config[rails_env] end