Redis with redis insight for local development

First time configuration

Run redis server and redis insight with docker-compose

  docker-compose -p redis up -d

Open redis insight

http://localhost:8001

Connect to redis server

• Host: host.docker.internal
• Port: 6379
• Name (can be random): redis

Create a new user

1. Open created redis connection
2. Open CLI tab
3. Run acl setuser <username> on >password> ~* +@all command (e.g. acl setuser admin on >test ~* +@all)

Connect to redis server with created user

Open your web app and use connection string like this redis://<username>:<password>@localhost:6379/<database_number> e.g. redis://admin:test@localhost:6379/0

You can use redis://<username>@localhost:6379/<database_number> if you don't want to use password in string or you can use redis://localhost:6379/<database_number> if you don't want to use username and password in string

Note: In some cases (if you run web app in docker container) you should use host.docker.internal instead of localhost in connection string

Frequently used commands

1. acl list - list all users
2. acl whoami - show current user
3. acl setuser <username> on >password> ~* +@all - create new user with all permissions
4. acl setuser <username> off - disable user
5. acl setuser <username> on - enable user
6. acl deluser <username> - remove user