Leaderboard initializer

leaderboard.rb

begin
  rails_env = Rails.env
  # Load the redis.yml configuration file 
  redis_config = YAML.load_file(Rails.root + 'config/leaderboard_redis.yml')[rails_env] 
  
  # Connect to Redis using the redis_config host and port
  if redis_config
    redis = Redis.new(host: redis_config['host'], port: redis_config['port']) 
    redis_options = {:redis_connection => redis}
    HIGHSCORE_LB = Leaderboard.new('highscores', Leaderboard::DEFAULT_OPTIONS, redis_options)
  end 
rescue Exception=>ex
  Rails.logger.error ex.message
end