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Use a Redis instance as a cache. The expiration can be set to zero or an empty string in order to set no expiration.

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cache:
  label: ""
  redis:
    url: "" # No default (required)
    prefix: "" # No default (optional)
cache:
  label: ""
  redis:
    url: "" # No default (required)
    kind: simple
    master: ""
    client_name: redpanda-connect
    tls:
      enabled: false
      skip_cert_verify: false
      enable_renegotiation: false
      root_cas: ""
      root_cas_file: ""
      client_certs: []
    prefix: "" # No default (optional)
    default_ttl: "" # No default (optional)
    retries:
      initial_interval: 500ms
      max_interval: 1s
      max_elapsed_time: 5s

Fields

client_name

Set the client name for the Redis connection.

Requires version 4.82.0 or later.

Type: string

Default: redpanda-connect

default_ttl

An optional expiration applied to keys that are written without a TTL of their own. When unset or zero, such keys never expire.

Type: string

kind

Specifies a simple, cluster-aware, or failover-aware redis client.

Type: string

Default: simple

Options: simple, cluster, failover

master

Name of the redis master when kind is failover

Type: string

Default: ""

# Examples:
master: mymaster

prefix

An optional string added to the start of every key that this cache reads, writes, or deletes, which keeps its keys separate from other data in the same Redis database.

Type: string

retries

Determine time intervals and cut offs for retry attempts.

Type: object

retries.initial_interval

The initial period to wait between retry attempts. The retry interval increases for each failed attempt, up to the max_interval value. This field accepts Go duration format strings such as 100ms, 1s, or 5s.

Type: string

Default: 500ms

# Examples:
initial_interval: 50ms

# ---

initial_interval: 1s

retries.max_elapsed_time

The maximum overall period of time to spend on retry attempts before the request is aborted.

Type: string

Default: 5s

# Examples:
max_elapsed_time: 1m

# ---

max_elapsed_time: 1h

retries.max_interval

The maximum period to wait between retry attempts

Type: string

Default: 1s

# Examples:
max_interval: 5s

# ---

max_interval: 1m

tls

Custom TLS settings can be used to override system defaults.

Troubleshooting

Some cloud hosted instances of Redis (such as Azure Cache) might need some hand holding in order to establish stable connections. Unfortunately, it is often the case that TLS issues will manifest as generic error messages such as "i/o timeout". If you’re using TLS and are seeing connectivity problems consider setting enable_renegotiation to true, and ensuring that the server supports at least TLS version 1.2.

Type: object

tls.client_certs[]

A list of client certificates for mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication. Configure this field to enable mTLS, authenticating the client to the server with these certificates.

You must set tls.enabled: true for the client certificates to take effect.

Certificate pairing rules: For each certificate item, provide either:

  • Inline PEM data using both cert and key or

  • File paths using both cert_file and key_file.

Mixing inline and file-based values within the same item is not supported.

Type: array<object>

Default: []

# Examples:
client_certs:
  - cert: foo
    key: bar


# ---

client_certs:
  - cert_file: ./example.pem
    key_file: ./example.key

tls.client_certs[].cert

The plaintext certificate to use for TLS authentication. Must be paired with the corresponding private key in the key field when using inline PEM data for mTLS client certificates.

Type: string

Default: ""

tls.client_certs[].cert_file

The path to a file containing the certificate to use for TLS authentication. Must be paired with the corresponding private key file in the key_file field when using file-based configuration for mTLS client certificates.

Type: string

Default: ""

tls.client_certs[].key

Private key for mTLS client certificate as inline PEM data. Must correspond to the client certificate specified in the cert field. Use this field together with cert when providing certificate data inline rather than through files.

This field contains sensitive information that usually shouldn’t be added to a configuration directly. For more information, see Secrets.

Type: string

Default: ""

tls.client_certs[].key_file

Path to private key file for mTLS client certificate in PEM format. Must correspond to the client certificate specified in the cert_file field. Use this field together with cert_file when loading certificate data from files.

Type: string

Default: ""

tls.client_certs[].password

The password to use for the private key (specified in the key or key_file fields), if it is password-protected. The PKCS#1 and PKCS#8 formats are supported. Supports environment variable interpolation for secure password management.

The pbeWithMD5AndDES-CBC algorithm is obsolete and not supported for the PKCS#8 format. This algorithm does not authenticate the ciphertext, making it vulnerable to padding oracle attacks that can let an attacker recover the plaintext.

This field contains sensitive information that usually shouldn’t be added to a configuration directly. For more information, see Secrets.

Requires version 4.3.0 or later.

Type: string

Default: ""

# Examples:
password: foo

# ---

password: ${KEY_PASSWORD}

tls.enable_renegotiation

Whether to allow the remote server to repeatedly request renegotiation. Enable this option if you’re seeing the error message local error: tls: no renegotiation.

Requires version 3.45.0 or later.

Type: bool

Default: false

tls.enabled

Whether to enable TLS for secure connections. Set to true to enable TLS encryption. Required to be true for other TLS options (like client_certs, root_cas, etc.) to take effect.

Type: bool

Default: false

tls.root_cas

Specify a root certificate authority to use (optional). This is a string that represents a certificate chain from the parent-trusted root certificate, through possible intermediate signing certificates, to the host certificate. Use either this field for inline certificate data or root_cas_file for file-based certificate loading.

This field contains sensitive information that usually shouldn’t be added to a configuration directly. For more information, see Secrets.

Type: string

Default: ""

# Examples:
root_cas: |-
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  ...
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----

tls.root_cas_file

Specify the path to a root certificate authority file (optional). This is a file, often with a .pem extension, which contains a certificate chain from the parent-trusted root certificate, through possible intermediate signing certificates, to the host certificate. Use either this field for file-based certificate loading or root_cas for inline certificate data.

Type: string

Default: ""

# Examples:
root_cas_file: ./root_cas.pem

tls.skip_cert_verify

Whether to skip server-side certificate verification. Set to true only for testing environments as this reduces security by disabling certificate validation. When using self-signed certificates or in development, this may be necessary, but should never be used in production. Consider using root_cas or root_cas_file to specify trusted certificates instead of disabling verification entirely.

Type: bool

Default: false

url

The URL of the target Redis server. Database is optional and is supplied as the URL path.

Type: string

# Examples:
url: redis://:6379

# ---

url: redis://localhost:6379

# ---

url: redis://foousername:foopassword@redisplace:6379

# ---

url: redis://:foopassword@redisplace:6379

# ---

url: redis://localhost:6379/1

# ---

url: redis://localhost:6379/1,redis://localhost:6380/1