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Redis

Type: bindings.redis

Status: stable

Reference: https://docs.dapr.io/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/redis/

Example

apiVersion: cra.diagrid.io/v1beta1
kind: Component
metadata:
name: <name>
spec:
type: bindings.redis
version: v1
metadata:
# Password for Redis host. Use secretKeyRef for secret reference (Optional)
#- name: redisPassword
# value: "KeFg23!"
# Username for Redis host. Defaults to empty. Make sure your Redis server version is 6 or above, and have created ACL rule correctly. (Optional)
#- name: redisUsername
# value: "my-username"
# Connection-string for the Redis host
- name: redisHost
value: "redis-master.default.svc.cluster.local:6379"
# Client certificate for Redis host. No Default. Can be secretKeyRef to use a secret reference (Optional)
#- name: clientCert
# value: |
#
# Client key for Redis host. No Default. Can be secretKeyRef to use a secret reference (Optional)
#- name: clientKey
# value: |
#
# Dial timeout for establishing new connections. (Optional)
#- name: dialTimeout
# value: "5s"
# If the Redis instance supports TLS; can be configured to be enabled or disabled. (Optional)
#- name: enableTLS
# value: "false"
# Enables failover configuration. It requires "sentinelMasterName" to be set, and "redisHost" to be the sentinel host address. (Optional)
#- name: failover
# value: "false"
# Frequency of idle checks made by idle connections reaper. "-1" disables idle connections reaper. (Optional)
#- name: idleCheckFrequency
# value: "1m"
# Amount of time after which the client closes idle connections. Should be less than server's timeout. "-1" disables idle timeout check. (Optional)
#- name: idleTimeout
# value: "5m"
# Connection age at which the client retires (closes) the connection. Default is to not close aged connections. (Optional)
#- name: maxConnAge
# value: "30m"
# Minimum number of idle connections to keep open in order to avoid the performance degradation associated with creating new connections. (Optional)
#- name: minIdleConns
# value: "0"
# Maximum number of socket connections. Default is 10 connections per every CPU as reported by runtime.NumCPU. (Optional)
#- name: poolSize
# value: "20"
# Amount of time client waits for a connection if all connections are busy before returning an error. Default is readTimeout + 1 second. (Optional)
#- name: poolTimeout
# value: "5s"
# Timeout for socket reads. If reached, Redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Use "-1" for no timeout. (Optional)
#- name: readTimeout
# value: "3s"
# Database selected after connecting to Redis. If "redisType" is "cluster" this option is ignored. (Optional)
#- name: redisDB
# value: "0"
# Maximum number of retries before giving up. (Optional)
#- name: redisMaxRetries
# value: "3"
# Maximum backoff for Redis commands between each retry. "-1" disables backoff. (Optional)
#- name: redisMaxRetryInterval
# value: "512ms"
# Minimum backoff for Redis commands between each retry. "-1" disables backoff. (Optional)
#- name: redisMinRetryInterval
# value: "8ms"
# Redis service type. Set to "node" for single-node mode, or "cluster" for Redis Cluster. (Optional)
#- name: redisType
# value: "node"
# The Redis sentinel master name. Required when "failover" is enabled. (Optional)
#- name: sentinelMasterName
# value: "127.0.0.1:6379"
# Timeout for socket writes. If reached, Redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Defaults to "readTimeout". (Optional)
#- name: writeTimeout
# value: "3s"

Binding information

Input Binding: no

Output Binding: yes

Output Binding operations:

  • create: Create item

  • get: Get item

  • delete: Delete item

  • increment: Increment a key

Authentication profiles

Available authentication profiles:

  • Username and password

  • Azure AD: Client credentials

  • Azure AD: Client certificate

Username and password

Authenticate using username and password

redisPassword (string)

Password for Redis host. Use secretKeyRef for secret reference

Example value: KeFg23!

redisUsername (string)

Username for Redis host. Defaults to empty. Make sure your Redis server version is 6 or above, and have created ACL rule correctly.

Example value: my-username

Azure AD: Client credentials

Authenticate using Azure AD with client credentials, also known as "service principals".

azureClientId

Required - Client ID (application ID)

Example value: c7dd251f-811f-4ba2-a905-acd4d3f8f08b

azureClientSecret

Required - Client secret (application password)

Example value: Ecy3XG7zVZK3/vl/a2NSB+a1zXLa8RnMum/IgD0E

azureTenantId

Required - ID of the Azure AD tenant

Example value: cd4b2887-304c-47e1-b4d5-65447fdd542a

azureEnvironment

Optional name for the Azure environment if using a different Azure cloud

Default value: AzurePublicCloud

Example value: AzurePublicCloud

Allowed values:

  • AzurePublicCloud

  • AzureChinaCloud

  • AzureUSGovernmentCloud

useEntraID (bool)

If set, enables authentication to Azure Cache for Redis using Microsoft EntraID. The Redis server must explicitly enable EntraID authentication. Note that Azure Cache for Redis also requires the use of TLS, so enableTLS should be set. No username or password should be set.

Default value: false

Example value: true

Azure AD: Client certificate

Authenticate using Azure AD with a client certificate. "azureCertificate" is required.

azureClientId

Required - Client ID (application ID)

Example value: c7dd251f-811f-4ba2-a905-acd4d3f8f08b

azureTenantId

Required - ID of the Azure AD tenant

Example value: cd4b2887-304c-47e1-b4d5-65447fdd542a

azureCertificate

Certificate and private key (in either a PEM file containing both the certificate and key, or in PFX/PKCS#12 format)

Example value:

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n MIIEvgI... \n -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
\n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- \n MIICoTC... \n -----END CERTIFICATE----- \n

azureCertificatePassword

Password for the certificate if encrypted.

Example value: password

azureEnvironment

Optional name for the Azure environment if using a different Azure cloud

Default value: AzurePublicCloud

Example value: AzurePublicCloud

Allowed values:

  • AzurePublicCloud

  • AzureChinaCloud

  • AzureUSGovernmentCloud

useEntraID (bool)

If set, enables authentication to Azure Cache for Redis using Microsoft EntraID. The Redis server must explicitly enable EntraID authentication. Note that Azure Cache for Redis also requires the use of TLS, so enableTLS should be set. No username or password should be set.

Default value: false

Example value: true

Metadata

redisHost (string)

Required - Connection-string for the Redis host

Example value: redis-master.default.svc.cluster.local:6379

clientCert (string)

Client certificate for Redis host. No Default. Can be secretKeyRef to use a secret reference

clientKey (string)

Client key for Redis host. No Default. Can be secretKeyRef to use a secret reference

dialTimeout (duration)

Dial timeout for establishing new connections.

Default value: 5s

Example value: 10s

enableTLS (bool)

If the Redis instance supports TLS; can be configured to be enabled or disabled.

Default value: false

Example value: true

failover (bool)

Enables failover configuration. It requires "sentinelMasterName" to be set, and "redisHost" to be the sentinel host address.

Default value: false

Example value: true

Redis Sentinel documentation: https://redis.io/docs/manual/sentinel/

idleCheckFrequency (duration)

Frequency of idle checks made by idle connections reaper. "-1" disables idle connections reaper.

Default value: 1m

Example value: -1

idleTimeout (duration)

Amount of time after which the client closes idle connections. Should be less than server's timeout. "-1" disables idle timeout check.

Default value: 5m

Example value: 10m

maxConnAge (duration)

Connection age at which the client retires (closes) the connection. Default is to not close aged connections.

Example value: 30m

minIdleConns (number)

Minimum number of idle connections to keep open in order to avoid the performance degradation associated with creating new connections.

Default value: 0

Example value: 2

poolSize (number)

Maximum number of socket connections. Default is 10 connections per every CPU as reported by runtime.NumCPU.

Example value: 20

poolTimeout (duration)

Amount of time client waits for a connection if all connections are busy before returning an error. Default is readTimeout + 1 second.

Example value: 5s

readTimeout (duration)

Timeout for socket reads. If reached, Redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Use "-1" for no timeout.

Default value: 3s

Example value: 10s

redisDB (number)

Database selected after connecting to Redis. If "redisType" is "cluster" this option is ignored.

Default value: 0

Example value: 0

redisMaxRetries (number)

Maximum number of retries before giving up.

Default value: 3

Example value: 5

redisMaxRetryInterval (duration)

Maximum backoff for Redis commands between each retry. "-1" disables backoff.

Default value: 512ms

Example value: -1

redisMinRetryInterval (duration)

Minimum backoff for Redis commands between each retry. "-1" disables backoff.

Default value: 8ms

Example value: -1

redisType (string)

Redis service type. Set to "node" for single-node mode, or "cluster" for Redis Cluster.

Default value: node

Example value: cluster

Allowed values:

  • node

  • cluster

sentinelMasterName (string)

The Redis sentinel master name. Required when "failover" is enabled.

Example value: 127.0.0.1:6379

Redis Sentinel documentation: https://redis.io/docs/manual/sentinel/

writeTimeout (duration)

Timeout for socket writes. If reached, Redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Defaults to "readTimeout".

Example value: 3s