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Redis 7 is available as an on-demand service for caching, sessions, and message queues.

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Install

instapods services add my-app -s redis -w
Installation takes approximately 8–13 seconds.

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Connection Details

instapods services creds my-app -s redis
FieldValue
Hostlocalhost
Port6379
Redis is configured without authentication by default since it only listens on localhost and is not accessible from outside the pod.

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Connecting from Your Application

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Node.js

const Redis = require('ioredis');
const redis = new Redis({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379 });

await redis.set('key', 'value');
const value = await redis.get('key');

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Python

import redis

r = redis.Redis(host='localhost', port=6379)
r.set('key', 'value')
value = r.get('key')

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PHP

$redis = new Redis();
$redis->connect('localhost', 6379);
$redis->set('key', 'value');
$value = $redis->get('key');

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Command Line Access

SSH into your pod and use redis-cli: 
instapods ssh my-app
redis-cli

127.0.0.1:6379> SET greeting "hello"
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> GET greeting
"hello"

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Use Cases

  • Caching — Store frequently accessed data for fast retrieval
  • Sessions — Store user sessions (Express, Django, Laravel)
  • Queues — Use as a message broker with Bull, Celery, or Laravel Queues
  • Real-time — Pub/sub for real-time features
  • Rate limiting — Track request counts per IP/user