Make rake:create work for test env

config/application.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 require 'active_storage/engine'
 
 require_relative '../lib/lumen'
+require_relative '../lib/database_utils'
 
 # Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
 # you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
@@ -109,5 +110,9 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     config.active_record.yaml_column_permitted_classes = [Symbol]
 
     config.logger = Lumen::LOGGER
+
+    config.to_prepare do
+      ActiveRecord::Base.singleton_class.include(DatabaseUtils)
+    end
   end
 end

config/initializers/translations.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Rails.application.config.to_prepare do
   # Preload all the exisiting translations
-  Translation.load_all if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists? 'translations'
+  Translation.load_all if ActiveRecord::Base.database_exists? && ActiveRecord::Base.connection.table_exists?('translations')
 end

lib/database_utils.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module DatabaseUtils
+  def database_exists?
+    begin
+      connection
+    rescue ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError
+      return false
+    end
+    true
+  end
+end

spec/support/elasticsearch.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     path_data: "/tmp/elasticsearch_test#{ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']}"
   }
   if ENV['TEST_ES_CLUSTER_COMMAND'].present?
+    # TEST_CLUSTER_COMMAND is read by the elasticsearch-rails gem
+    ENV['TEST_CLUSTER_COMMAND'] = ENV['TEST_ES_CLUSTER_COMMAND']
     es_options[:command] = ENV['TEST_ES_CLUSTER_COMMAND']
   end