Redis

Detailed information on the Redis configuration store component

Component format

To setup Redis configuration store create a component of type configuration.redis. See this guide on how to create and apply a configuration store configuration.

  1. apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
  2. kind: Component
  3. metadata:
  4.   name: <NAME>
  5. spec:
  6.   type: configuration.redis
  7.   version: v1
  8.   metadata:
  9.   - name: redisHost
  10.     value: <HOST>
  11.   - name: redisPassword
  12.     value: <PASSWORD>
  13.   - name: enableTLS
  14.     value: <bool> # Optional. Allowed: true, false.
  15.   - name: failover
  16.     value: <bool> # Optional. Allowed: true, false.
  17.   - name: sentinelMasterName
  18.     value: <string> # Optional
  19.   - name: maxRetries
  20.     value: # Optional
  21.   - name: maxRetryBackoff
  22.     value: # Optional

Warning

The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described here.

Spec metadata fields

FieldRequiredDetailsExample
redisHostYConnection-string for the redis hostlocalhost:6379, redis-master.default.svc.cluster.local:6379
redisPasswordYPassword for Redis host. No Default. Can be secretKeyRef to use a secret reference“”, “KeFg23!”
enableTLSNIf the Redis instance supports TLS with public certificates, can be configured to be enabled or disabled. Defaults to “false”“true”, “false”
maxRetriesNMaximum number of retries before giving up. Defaults to 35, 10
maxRetryBackoffNMinimum backoff between each retry. Defaults to 2 seconds; “-1” disables backoff.3000000000
failoverNProperty to enabled failover configuration. Needs sentinalMasterName to be set. The redisHost should be the sentinel host address. See Redis Sentinel Documentation. Defaults to “false”“true”, “false”
sentinelMasterNameNThe sentinel master name. See Redis Sentinel Documentation“”, “127.0.0.1:6379”

Setup Redis

Dapr can use any Redis instance: containerized, running on your local dev machine, or a managed cloud service.

A Redis instance is automatically created as a Docker container when you run dapr init

You can use Helm to quickly create a Redis instance in our Kubernetes cluster. This approach requires Installing Helm.

  1. Install Redis into your cluster. Note that we’re explicitly setting an image tag to get a version greater than 5, which is what Dapr’ pub/sub functionality requires. If you’re intending on using Redis as just a state store (and not for pub/sub), you do not have to set the image version.

    1. helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
    2. helm install redis bitnami/redis --set image.tag=6.2

  2. Run kubectl get pods to see the Redis containers now running in your cluster.

  3. Add redis-master:6379 as the redisHost in your redis.yaml file. For example:

    1.     metadata:
    2.     - name: redisHost
    3.       value: redis-master:6379

  4. Next, get the Redis password, which is slightly different depending on the OS we’re using:

    • Windows: Run kubectl get secret --namespace default redis -o jsonpath="{.data.redis-password}" > encoded.b64, which creates a file with your encoded password. Next, run certutil -decode encoded.b64 password.txt, which will put your redis password in a text file called password.txt. Copy the password and delete the two files.

    • Linux/MacOS: Run kubectl get secret --namespace default redis -o jsonpath="{.data.redis-password}" | base64 --decode and copy the outputted password.

    Add this password as the redisPassword value in your redis.yaml file. For example:

    1.     metadata:
    2.     - name: redisPassword
    3.       value: lhDOkwTlp0

Note: this approach requires having an Azure Subscription.

  1. Start the Azure Cache for Redis creation flow. Log in if necessary.

  2. Fill out necessary information and check the “Unblock port 6379” box, which will allow us to persist state without SSL.

  3. Click “Create” to kickoff deployment of your Redis instance.

  4. Once your instance is created, you’ll need to grab the Host name (FQDN) and your access key:

    • For the Host name: navigate to the resource’s “Overview” and copy “Host name”.
    • For your access key: navigate to “Settings” > “Access Keys” to copy and save your key.

  5. Add your key and your host to a redis.yaml file that Dapr can apply to your cluster.

    • If you’re running a sample, add the host and key to the provided redis.yaml.
    • If you’re creating a project from the ground up, create a redis.yaml file as specified in Configuration.

    Set the redisHost key to [HOST NAME FROM PREVIOUS STEP]:6379 and the redisPassword key to the key you saved earlier.

    Note: In a production-grade application, follow secret management instructions to securely manage your secrets.

NOTE: Dapr pub/sub uses Redis Streams that was introduced by Redis 5.0, which isn’t currently available on Azure Managed Redis Cache. Consequently, you can use Azure Managed Redis Cache only for state persistence.

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Last modified September 27, 2022: fix incorrect reference (#2802) (a70b666c)