Connect with redis-cli

Learn how to establish a connection to an Aiven for Caching service using the redis-cli.

Variables

Replace the following placeholders in the code sample with actual values from your service overview page:

Variable	Description
SERVICE_URI	URI for the Aiven for Caching service connection

Prerequisites

For this example, you will need:

1. The redis-cli client installed. You can install this as part of the Redis server installation or as standalone client.

Code

Execute the following command from a terminal window to connect:

redis-cli -u SERVICE_URI

This command initiates a connection to the Aiven for Caching service.

To verify the connection, execute:

INFO

This command displays all server parameters, ensuring the connection is active:

# Server
redis_version:6.2.3
redis_git_sha1:c708fc4f
redis_git_dirty:1
redis_build_id:eca3e7fbe7ce45c7
redis_mode:standalone
...

To set a key, execute the following command:

SET mykey mykeyvalue123

Following successful execution, a confirmation message OK appears.

To retrieve the key value, execute the following command:

GET mykey

This will display the value of mykey, in this case,"mykeyvalue123".