unable to start cyclops

[tbarbugli]

Hi,
I was trying to start cyclops when I got to this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/cyclops", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('cyclops==0.6.16', 'console_scripts', 'cyclops')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cyclops/server.py", line 70, in main
    application = app(config, log_level, options.debug, main_loop)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cyclops/app.py", line 87, in __init__
    handlers, options = configure_app(self, config, log_level, debug, main_loop)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cyclops/app.py", line 68, in configure_app
    projects_update_task.update()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cyclops/tasks.py", line 37, in update
    password=config.MYSQL_PASS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/torndb.py", line 66, in __init__
    args = dict(conv=CONVERSIONS, use_unicode=True, charset="utf8",
NameError: global name 'CONVERSIONS' is not defined

I installed cyclops via pip (got 0.6.16), copied your example settings (only changed the sentry url) and started it

cyclops --config=/path/to/cyclops.conf

[tbarbugli]

Turns out I dont have MySQLdb on my system and torndb does not raise an exception for it (or cyclops ingests that)

[heynemann]

Oh sorry to hear that... We should handle that, but cyclops won't test your connection to MySQL, I think... Will give it a shot at trying to improve detection of connection failure.
We have it running for so long here at globo.com that I forgot about it.