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Redis How-To Guides

Validated on 24 September 2019 • Posted on 20 August 2019

Redis is an open source, key-value database built with an in-memory design that emphasizes speed. It has support for rich data types, atomic operations, and Lua scripting.

Getting Started

Create Redis Clusters

Create a Redis database cluster from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.

Connect to Redis Clusters

Connect to Redis database clusters from the command line or other applications.

Secure Redis Clusters

Add additional security to a Redis database cluster by restricting incoming connections.

Schedule Automatic Updates

Customize the maintenance window for automatic software updates to your database cluster.

Choose Eviction Policies

Choose and set eviction policies for your Redis database clusters

Tag Database Clusters

Organize Redis databases clusters with tags to group and filter databases or create monitoring alert policies for multiple databases at once.

Redis Management

Monitor Redis Performance

Access and interpret Redis database performance metrics.

Cluster Infrastructure

Add Standby Nodes

Add standby nodes to new or existing Redis database clusters for high availability.

Monitor Cluster Performance

Access and understand performance metrics for nodes in a database cluster.

Set Up Monitoring Alerts

Configure alert policies based on database cluster performance metrics.

Cluster Management

Destroy Database Clusters

Destroy a database cluster to permanently and irreversibly destroy the cluster, its contents, and its automated backups.