# 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"
    # Password for Redis Sentinel. Applicable only when "failover" is true, and Redis Sentinel has authentication enabled. Use secretKeyRef for secret reference. Defaults to empty. (Optional)
    #- name: sentinelPassword
    #  value: "KeFg23!"
    # Username for Redis Sentinel. Applicable only when "failover" is true, and Redis Sentinel has authentication enabled. Defaults to empty. (Optional)
    #- name: sentinelUsername
    #  value: "my-sentinel-username"
    # Connection-string for the Redis host. If "redisType" is "cluster" it can be multiple hosts separated by commas or just a single host. The port can be included in the host string (e.g. "host:6379") or provided separately via "redisPort".
    - 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"
    # Skip TLS certificate verification (insecure). Only use for testing. (Optional)
    #- name: insecureSkipTLSVerify
    #  value: "false"
    # 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"
    # The Redis port. Optional: if "redisHost" already contains a port, this field must either match or be omitted. When "redisHost" does not include a port and this field is not set, the default Redis port 6379 is used. In cluster mode, this port is applied to every host in the comma-separated list. (Optional)
    #- name: redisPort
    #  value: "6379"
    # 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: "mymaster"
    # 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`

#### `sentinelPassword` (string)

Password for Redis Sentinel. Applicable only when "failover" is true, and Redis Sentinel has authentication enabled. Use secretKeyRef for secret reference. Defaults to empty.

Example value: `KeFg23!`

Redis Sentinel authentication documentation: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss\_and\_stack/management/sentinel/#configuring-sentinel-instances-with-authentication

#### `sentinelUsername` (string)

Username for Redis Sentinel. Applicable only when "failover" is true, and Redis Sentinel has authentication enabled. Defaults to empty.

Example value: `my-sentinel-username`

Redis Sentinel authentication documentation: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss\_and\_stack/management/sentinel/#configuring-sentinel-instances-with-authentication

### 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. If "redisType" is "cluster" it can be multiple hosts separated by commas or just a single host. The port can be included in the host string (e.g. "host:6379") or provided separately via "redisPort".

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`

### `insecureSkipTLSVerify` (bool)

Skip TLS certificate verification (insecure). Only use for testing.

Default value: `false`

Example value: `false`

### `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`

### `redisPort` (string)

The Redis port. Optional: if "redisHost" already contains a port, this field must either match or be omitted. When "redisHost" does not include a port and this field is not set, the default Redis port 6379 is used. In cluster mode, this port is applied to every host in the comma-separated list.

Example value: `6379`

### `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: `mymaster`

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`
