Redis

Detailed information on the Redis state store component

Component format

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

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

TLS: If the Redis instance supports TLS with public certificates it can be configured to enable or disable TLS true or false.

Failover: When set to true enables the failover feature. The redisHost should be the sentinel host address. See Redis Sentinel Documentation

Warning

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

If you wish to use Redis as an actor store, append the following to the yaml.

  1. - name: actorStateStore
  2. value: "true"

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!”
redisUsernameNUsername for Redis host. Defaults to empty. Make sure your redis server version is 6 or above, and have created acl rule correctly.“”, “default”
consumerIDNThe consumer group ID“myGroup”
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. Defaults to “false”“true”, “false”
sentinelMasterNameNThe sentinel master name. See Redis Sentinel Documentation“”, “127.0.0.1:6379”
redeliverIntervalNThe interval between checking for pending messages to redelivery. Defaults to “60s”. “0” disables redelivery.“30s”
processingTimeoutNThe amount time a message must be pending before attempting to redeliver it. Defaults to “15s”. “0” disables redelivery.“30s”
redisTypeNThe type of redis. There are two valid values, one is “node” for single node mode, the other is “cluster” for redis cluster mode. Defaults to “node”.“cluster”
redisDBNDatabase selected after connecting to redis. If “redisType” is “cluster” this option is ignored. Defaults to “0”.“0”
redisMaxRetriesNAlias for maxRetries. If both values are set maxRetries is ignored.“5”
redisMinRetryIntervalNMinimum backoff for redis commands between each retry. Default is “8ms”; “-1” disables backoff.“8ms”
redisMaxRetryIntervalNAlias for maxRetryBackoff. If both values are set maxRetryBackoff is ignored.“5s”
dialTimeoutNDial timeout for establishing new connections. Defaults to “5s”.“5s”
readTimeoutNTimeout for socket reads. If reached, redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Defaults to “3s”, “-1” for no timeout.“3s”
writeTimeoutNTimeout for socket writes. If reached, redis commands will fail with a timeout instead of blocking. Defaults is readTimeout.“3s”
poolSizeNMaximum number of socket connections. Default is 10 connections per every CPU as reported by runtime.NumCPU.“20”
poolTimeoutNAmount of time client waits for a connection if all connections are busy before returning an error. Default is readTimeout + 1 second.“5s”
maxConnAgeNConnection age at which the client retires (closes) the connection. Default is to not close aged connections.“30m”
minIdleConnsNMinimum number of idle connections to keep open in order to avoid the performance degradation associated with creating new connections. Defaults to “0”.“2”
idleCheckFrequencyNFrequency of idle checks made by idle connections reaper. Default is “1m”. “-1” disables idle connections reaper.“-1”
idleTimeoutNAmount of time after which the client closes idle connections. Should be less than server’s timeout. Default is “5m”. “-1” disables idle timeout check.“10m”
actorStateStoreNConsider this state store for actors. Defaults to “false”“true”, “false”
ttlInSecondsNAllows specifying a default Time-to-live (TTL) in seconds that will be applied to every state store request unless TTL is explicitly defined via the request metadata.600

Setup Redis

Dapr can use any Redis instance - containerized, running on your local dev machine, or a managed cloud service. If you already have a Redis store, move on to the Configuration section.

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

We 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
  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, we’ll 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 will create 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. Open this link to 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 resources “Overview” and copy “Host name”
    • for your access key navigate to “Access Keys” under “Settings” and copy your key.
  5. Finally, we need to add our key and our host to a redis.yaml file that Dapr can apply to our cluster. If you’re running a sample, you’ll add the host and key to the provided redis.yaml. If you’re creating a project from the ground up, you’ll 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 copied in step 4. 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.

AWS Redis

GCP Cloud MemoryStore

Note

The Dapr CLI automatically deploys a local redis instance in self hosted mode as part of the dapr init command.

Last modified November 12, 2021 : Merge pull request #1949 from willtsai/az-staticwebapp-versioning (c40e456)