Using Service Connectors with Redis Cache

This tutorial takes you through setting up a .NET Core application with the Redis service connector.

Note

For more detailed examples, please refer to the Redis project in the Steeltoe Samples Repository.

First, start a Redis instance using the Steeltoe dockerfile.

docker run --publish 6379:6379 steeltoeoss/redis

Next, create a .NET Core WebAPI that interacts with Redis

1. Create a new ASP.NET Core WebAPI app with the Steeltoe Initializr

2. Name the project "RedisConnector"

3. Add the "Redis" dependency

4. Click Generate to download a zip containing the new project

5. Extract the zipped project and open in your IDE of choice

6. Set the instance address in appsettings.json

   {
    "redis": {
        "client": {
          "host": "127.0.0.1",
          "port": "6379"
        }
    }
   

   Tip

   Looking for additional params to use when connecting? Have a look at the docs

Run the application

• .NET cli
• Visual Studio

dotnet run <PATH_TO>\RedisConnector.csproj

Navigate to the endpoint (you may need to change the port number) http://localhost:5000/api/values

Once the app loads in the browser you will see the 2 values that were written and retrieved from Redis. "[123,456]"