Sphinx Configuration error: Mysql2::Error (Can’t connect to MySQL server on ‘127.0.0.1’ (111))

While setting up a Rails project in my machine, I got this error. First I can’t understand why this error coming, because I am successfully using mysql database in this project, and mysql server is running in my system. The error line number shows near the Sphinx code ‘Model.search’, then I understood this is because of the wrong set up of my sphinx configuration. But why this error? I read some documents and understood that sphinx internally using mysql protocol, so showing this error. Anyway I am checking my sphinx configuration, and no yml config file of sphinx found! So I have some works to do now!

I followed these steps,
Configure Sphinx in Rails 3.2

And all works fine!!

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