Redis

This repo provisions a Redis service alongside PostgreSQL for cache / session-style workloads.

Overview

• Service: Redis 7
• Default port: 6379 (configurable via REDIS_PORT)
• Auth: enabled via REDIS_PASSWORD (Docker Compose config)

Local Development (Docker Compose)

1. Copy the root env template (used by Docker Compose):

cp .env.example .env

2. Start Redis (and Postgres if you want the full backend infra):

docker-compose up redis -d
# or:
docker-compose up postgres redis -d

3. Connect from your host machine:

redis-cli -h localhost -p "${REDIS_PORT:-6379}" -a "${REDIS_PASSWORD}"

Container Networking

When connecting from another container in the same Compose network, use:

• Host: redis
• Port: 6379

Example (from inside a container):

redis-cli -h redis -p 6379 -a "$REDIS_PASSWORD"

Configuration

Redis is configured in docker-compose.yml and docker-compose.prod.yml to require a password. In development, the password defaults via .env (see .env.example).

Documented environment variables:

• REDIS_PORT
• REDIS_PASSWORD