Redis Connection

Redis is an open-source, high-performance, and in-memory data structure store, commonly used for caching.

This topic describes how to authenticate to Redis and configure any necessary connection properties in the Redis connection connector.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the Redis connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

Connection Type #

Option to choose between either connecting securely using SSH Tunnel or, proceed with a Direct Connection when connecting to AlloyDB.

If Connection Type value is SSH Tunnel, additional fields will be displayed.

To know more about SSH Tunneling with Gathr, see SSH Tunneling

SSH Tunnel #

If SSH Tunnel is selected, additional configuration parameters will get listed.

SSH Key #

The SSH key should be provided to authenticate the associated SSH host and SSH user.

SSH Host #

Public IP address of your SSH host.

SSH User #

Default SSH username.

If Connection Type value is Direct Connection, then proceed by updating the following fields.

Host #

Hostname of Redis should be provided.

Port #

The port for Redis cluster should be provided

Authentication Enabled #

Check this field if authentication is enable on Redis.

Username #

Username for Redis authentication.

Password #

Password for Redis authentication.

SSL Enabled #

Enable SSL for the Redis connection.

Keystore File #

Upload or provide the location to the Keystore file for authentication in PKCS12 format.

Keystore Password #

Enter the password for the Keystore file.

Truststore File #

Upload or provide the location of the Truststore file for SSL in JKS format.

Truststore Password #

Enter the password for the Truststore file.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.