googleapis--mcp-toolbox/docs/en/integrations/redis/source.md

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About

Redis is a in-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker. It supports data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, and geospatial indexes with radius queries.

If you are new to Redis, you can find installation and getting started guides on the official Redis website.

Available Tools

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Requirements

Example

Redis

AUTH string is a password for connection to Redis. If you have the requirepass directive set in your Redis configuration, incoming client connections must authenticate in order to connect.

Specify your AUTH string in the password field:

kind: source
name: my-redis-instance
type: redis
address:
  - 127.0.0.1:6379
username: ${MY_USER_NAME}
password: ${MY_AUTH_STRING} # Omit this field if you don't have a password.
# database: 0
# clusterEnabled: false
# useGCPIAM: false
# tls:
#   enabled: false
#   insecureSkipVerify: false

{{< notice tip >}} Use environment variable replacement with the format ${ENV_NAME} instead of hardcoding your secrets into the configuration file. {{< /notice >}}

Memorystore For Redis

Memorystore standalone instances support authentication using an AUTH string.

Here is an example tools.yaml config with AUTH enabled:

kind: source
name: my-redis-cluster-instance
type: redis
address:
  - 127.0.0.1:6379
password: ${MY_AUTH_STRING}
# useGCPIAM: false
# clusterEnabled: false

Memorystore Redis Cluster supports IAM authentication instead. Grant your account the required IAM role and make sure to set useGCPIAM to true.

Here is an example tools.yaml config for Memorystore Redis Cluster instances using IAM authentication:

kind: source
name: my-redis-cluster-instance
type: redis
address:
  - 127.0.0.1:6379
useGCPIAM: true
clusterEnabled: true

Reference

field	type	required	description
type	string	true	Must be "redis".
address	string	true	Primary endpoint for the Memorystore Redis instance to connect to.
username	string	false	If you are using a non-default user, specify the user name here. If you are using Memorystore for Redis, leave this field blank
password	string	false	If you have Redis AUTH enabled, specify the AUTH string here
database	int	false	The Redis database to connect to. Not applicable for cluster enabled instances. The default database is 0.
tls.enabled	bool	false	Set it to true to enable TLS for the Redis connection. Defaults to false.
tls.insecureSkipVerify	bool	false	Set it to true to skip TLS certificate verification. Warning: This is insecure and not recommended for production. Defaults to false.
clusterEnabled	bool	false	Set it to true if using a Redis Cluster instance. Defaults to false.
useGCPIAM	bool	false	Set it to true if you are using GCP's IAM authentication. Defaults to false.