Redis How-Tos

Generated on 2 May 2025

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

How to Create Caching Database Clusters

Create a Caching database cluster from the DigitalOcean Control Panel.

How to Connect to Caching Database Clusters

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

How to Secure Caching Managed Database Clusters

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

How to Migrate Caching Databases

Migrate an existing Caching database internally or from another provider to DigitalOcean.

How to Schedule Automatic Software Updates for Caching Database Clusters

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

How to Tag Caching Database Clusters

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

Caching Management

How to Choose Eviction Policies on Caching Database Clusters

Choose and set eviction policies for your Caching database clusters

How to Reconfigure Caching Database Clusters

Edit your database engine’s configuration and parameters via the CLI or API.

Cluster Infrastructure

How to Monitor Caching Database Cluster Performance

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

How to Add Standby Nodes to Caching Database Clusters

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

How to Set Up Caching Cluster Monitoring Alerts

Configure alert policies based on database cluster performance metrics.

How to Resize Caching Database Clusters

Increase the size of your database cluster to accommodate your data needs.

How to Monitor Caching Database Performance

Access and interpret Caching database performance metrics.

How to Forward Logs from a Caching Cluster

Forward database logs to OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or Rsyslog.

Cluster Management

How to Relocate Database Clusters

Change a cluster’s regional datacenter.

How to Destroy Caching Database Clusters

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

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