Connection refused while using Laravel Scout

Question

I'm trying to install Laravel Scout into my project. I've follow the documentation :

I've done the composer require laravel/scout Then php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\Scout\ScoutServiceProvider" And then composer require meilisearch/meilisearch-php http-interop/http-factory-guzzle.

I've also added the use Searchable; to my model and this to the .env file :SCOUT_DRIVER=meilisearch MEILISEARCH_HOST=http://127.0.0.1:7700 MEILISEARCH_KEY=masterKey

When I'm trying to do php artisan scout:import "App\Models\Thread", I've got this error : cURL error 7: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 7700: Connection refused

Do I miss something please ? :/

I'm using xampp.

Answer 1

I think you forgot to launch MeiliSearch. There's this tutorial that explains how to use Laravel Scout with MeiliSearch, step by step: https://postsrc.com/posts/make-your-laravel-search-smarter-with-laravel-scout-and-meilisearch