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Creating a Redis (Cluster Mode Disabled) replication group from scratch

You can create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group from scratch using the ElastiCache console, the Amazon CLI, or the ElastiCache API. A Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group always has one node group, a primary cluster, and up to five read replicas. Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication groups don't support partitioning your data.

Note

The node/shard limit can be increased to a maximum of 500 per cluster. To request a limit increase, see Amazon Service Limits and include the instance type in the request.

To create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group from scratch, take one of the following approaches:

Creating a Redis (Cluster Mode Disabled) replication group from scratch (Amazon CLI)

The following procedure creates a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group using the Amazon CLI.

When you create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group from scratch, you create the replication group and all its nodes with a single call to the Amazon CLI create-replication-group command. Include the following parameters.

--replication-group-id

The name of the replication group you are creating.

Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group naming constraints are as follows:

  • Must contain 1–40 alphanumeric characters or hyphens.

  • Must begin with a letter.

  • Can't contain two consecutive hyphens.

  • Can't end with a hyphen.

--replication-group-description

Description of the replication group.

--num-cache-clusters

The number of nodes you want created with this replication group, primary and read replicas combined.

If you enable Multi-AZ (--automatic-failover-enabled), the value of --num-cache-clusters must be at least 2.

--cache-node-type

The node type for each node in the replication group.

ElastiCache supports the following node types. Generally speaking, the current generation types provide more memory and computational power at lower cost when compared to their equivalent previous generation counterparts.

For more information on performance details for each node type, see Amazon EC2 Instance Types.

--data-tiering-enabled

Set this parameter if you are using an r6gd node type. If you don't want data tiering, set --no-data-tiering-enabled. For more information, see Data tiering.

--cache-parameter-group

Specify a parameter group that corresponds to your engine version. If you are running Redis 3.2.4 or later, specify the default.redis3.2 parameter group or a parameter group derived from default.redis3.2 to create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group. For more information, see Redis-specific parameters.

--network-type

Either ipv4, ipv6 or dual-stack. If you choose dual-stack, you must set the --IpDiscovery parameter to either ipv4 or ipv6.

--engine

redis

--engine-version

To have the richest set of features, choose the latest engine version.

The names of the nodes will be derived from the replication group name by postpending -00# to the replication group name. For example, using the replication group name myReplGroup, the name for the primary will be myReplGroup-001 and the read replicas myReplGroup-002 through myReplGroup-006.

If you want to enable in-transit or at-rest encryption on this replication group, add either or both of the --transit-encryption-enabled or --at-rest-encryption-enabled parameters and meet the following conditions.

  • Your replication group must be running Redis version 3.2.6 or 4.0.10.

  • The replication group must be created in an Amazon VPC.

  • You must also include the parameter --cache-subnet-group.

  • You must also include the parameter --auth-token with the customer specified string value for your AUTH token (password) needed to perform operations on this replication group.

The following operation creates a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group sample-repl-group with three nodes, a primary and two replicas.

For Linux, OS X, or Unix:

aws elasticache create-replication-group \
   --replication-group-id sample-repl-group \
   --replication-group-description "Demo cluster with replicas" \
   --num-cache-clusters 3 \
   --cache-node-type cache.m4.large \ 
   --engine redis

For Windows:

aws elasticache create-replication-group ^
   --replication-group-id sample-repl-group ^
   --replication-group-description "Demo cluster with replicas" ^
   --num-cache-clusters 3 ^
   --cache-node-type cache.m4.large ^  
   --engine redis

Output from the this command is something like this.

{
    "ReplicationGroup": {
        "Status": "creating",
        "Description": "Demo cluster with replicas",
        "ClusterEnabled": false,
        "ReplicationGroupId": "sample-repl-group",
        "SnapshotRetentionLimit": 0,
        "AutomaticFailover": "disabled",
        "SnapshotWindow": "01:30-02:30",
        "MemberClusters": [
            "sample-repl-group-001",
            "sample-repl-group-002",
            "sample-repl-group-003"
        ],
        "CacheNodeType": "cache.m4.large",
        "DataTiering": "disabled",
        "PendingModifiedValues": {}
    }
}

For additional information and parameters you might want to use, see the Amazon CLI topic create-replication-group.

Creating a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group from scratch (ElastiCache API)

The following procedure creates a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group using the ElastiCache API.

When you create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group from scratch, you create the replication group and all its nodes with a single call to the ElastiCache API CreateReplicationGroup operation. Include the following parameters.

ReplicationGroupId

The name of the replication group you are creating.

Redis (cluster mode enabled) replication group naming constraints are as follows:

  • Must contain 1–40 alphanumeric characters or hyphens.

  • Must begin with a letter.

  • Can't contain two consecutive hyphens.

  • Can't end with a hyphen.

ReplicationGroupDescription

Your description of the replication group.

NumCacheClusters

The total number of nodes you want created with this replication group, primary and read replicas combined.

If you enable Multi-AZ (AutomaticFailoverEnabled=true), the value of NumCacheClusters must be at least 2.

CacheNodeType

The node type for each node in the replication group.

ElastiCache supports the following node types. Generally speaking, the current generation types provide more memory and computational power at lower cost when compared to their equivalent previous generation counterparts.

For more information on performance details for each node type, see Amazon EC2 Instance Types.

--data-tiering-enabled

Set this parameter if you are using an r6gd node type. If you don't want data tiering, set --no-data-tiering-enabled. For more information, see Data tiering.

CacheParameterGroup

Specify a parameter group that corresponds to your engine version. If you are running Redis 3.2.4 or later, specify the default.redis3.2 parameter group or a parameter group derived from default.redis3.2 to create a Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group. For more information, see Redis-specific parameters.

--network-type

Either ipv4, ipv or dual-stack. If you choose dual-stack, you must set the --IpDiscovery parameter to either ipv4 or ipv6.

Engine

redis

EngineVersion

6.0

The names of the nodes will be derived from the replication group name by postpending -00# to the replication group name. For example, using the replication group name myReplGroup, the name for the primary will be myReplGroup-001 and the read replicas myReplGroup-002 through myReplGroup-006.

If you want to enable in-transit or at-rest encryption on this replication group, add either or both of the TransitEncryptionEnabled=true or AtRestEncryptionEnabled=true parameters and meet the following conditions.

  • Your replication group must be running Redis version 3.2.6 or 4.0.10.

  • The replication group must be created in an Amazon VPC.

  • You must also include the parameter CacheSubnetGroup.

  • You must also include the parameter AuthToken with the customer specified string value for your AUTH token (password) needed to perform operations on this replication group.

The following operation creates the Redis (cluster mode disabled) replication group myReplGroup with three nodes, a primary and two replicas.

https://elasticache.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=CreateReplicationGroup 
   &CacheNodeType=cache.m4.large
   &CacheParameterGroup=default.redis6.x
   &Engine=redis
   &EngineVersion=6.0
   &NumCacheClusters=3
   &ReplicationGroupDescription=test%20group
   &ReplicationGroupId=myReplGroup
   &Version=2015-02-02
   &SignatureVersion=4
   &SignatureMethod=HmacSHA256
   &Timestamp=20150202T192317Z
   &X-Amz-Credential=<credential>

For additional information and parameters you might want to use, see the ElastiCache API topic CreateReplicationGroup.