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Connecting to ElastiCache

The following examples use the Redis OSS client to connect to ElastiCache.

Connecting to a cluster mode disabled cluster

Copy the following program and paste it into a file named ConnectClusterModeDisabled.py. Update the mechanism for supplying credentials. Credentials in this example are shown as replaceable and assigned an undeclared item. Avoid hard-coding credentials.

from redis import Redis
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
redis = Redis(host='primary.xxx.yyyyyy.zzz1.cache.amazonaws.com', port=6379, decode_responses=True, ssl=True, username=example, password=EXAMPLE)

if redis.ping():
    logging.info("Connected to Redis")

To run the program, enter the following command:

python ConnectClusterModeDisabled.py

Connecting to a cluster mode enabled cluster

Copy the following program and paste it into a file named ConnectClusterModeEnabled.py.

from rediscluster import RedisCluster
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
redis = RedisCluster(startup_nodes=[{"host": "xxx.yyy.clustercfg.zzz1.cache.amazonaws.com","port": "6379"}], decode_responses=True,skip_full_coverage_check=True)

if redis.ping():
    logging.info("Connected to Redis")

To run the program, enter the following command:

python ConnectClusterModeEnabled.py