lua-resty-redis-connector

Connection utilities for lua-resty-redis, making it easy and reliable to connect to Redis hosts, either directly or via Redis Sentinel.

Synopsis

Quick and simple authenticated connection on localhost to DB 2:

local redis, err = require("resty.redis.connector").new({
    url = "redis://PASSWORD@127.0.0.1:6379/2",
}):connect()

More verbose configuration, with timeouts and a default password:

local rc = require("resty.redis.connector").new({
    connect_timeout = 50,
    send_timeout = 5000,
    read_timeout = 5000,
    keepalive_timeout = 30000,
    password = "mypass",
})

local redis, err = rc:connect({
    url = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/2",
})

-- ...

local ok, err = rc:set_keepalive(redis)  -- uses keepalive params

Keep all config in a table, to easily create / close connections as needed:

local rc = require("resty.redis.connector").new({
    connect_timeout = 50,
    send_timeout = 5000,
    read_timeout = 5000,
    keepalive_timeout = 30000,

    host = "127.0.0.1",
    port = 6379,
    db = 2,
    password = "mypass",
})

local redis, err = rc:connect()

-- ...

local ok, err = rc:set_keepalive(redis)

connect can be used to override some defaults given in new, which are pertinent to this connection only.

local rc = require("resty.redis.connector").new({
    host = "127.0.0.1",
    port = 6379,
    db = 2,
})

local redis, err = rc:connect({
    db = 5,
})

DSN format

If the params.url field is present then it will be parsed to set the other params. Any manually specified params will override values given in the DSN.

Note: this is a behaviour change as of v0.06. Previously, the DSN values would take precedence.

Direct Redis connections

The format for connecting directly to Redis is:

redis://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOST:PORT/DB

The USERNAME, PASSWORD and DB fields are optional, all other components are required.

Use of username requires Redis 6.0.0 or newer.

Connections via Redis Sentinel

When connecting via Redis Sentinel, the format is as follows:

sentinel://USERNAME:PASSWORD@MASTER_NAME:ROLE/DB

Again, USERNAME, PASSWORD and DB are optional. ROLE must be either m or s for master / slave respectively.

On versions of Redis newer than 5.0.1, Sentinels can optionally require their own password. If enabled, provide this password in the sentinel_password parameter. On Redis 6.2.0 and newer you can pass username using sentinel_username parameter.

A table of sentinels must also be supplied. e.g.

local redis, err = rc:connect{
    url = "sentinel://mymaster:a/2",
    sentinels = {
        { host = "127.0.0.1", port = 26379 },
    },
    sentinel_username = "default",
    sentinel_password = "password"
}

Proxy Mode

Enable the connection_is_proxied parameter if connecting to Redis through a proxy service (e.g. Twemproxy). These proxies generally only support a limited sub-set of Redis commands, those which do not require state and do not affect multiple keys. Databases and transactions are also not supported.

Proxy mode will disable switching to a DB on connect. Unsupported commands (defaults to those not supported by Twemproxy) will return nil, err immediately rather than being sent to the proxy, which can result in dropped connections.

discard will not be sent when adding connections to the keepalive pool

Disabled commands

If configured as a table of commands, the command methods will be replaced by a function which immediately returns nil, err without forwarding the command to the server

Default Parameters

{
    connect_timeout = 100,
    send_timeout = 1000,
    read_timeout = 1000,
    keepalive_timeout = 60000,
    keepalive_poolsize = 30,

    -- ssl, ssl_verify, server_name, pool, pool_size, backlog
    -- see: https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-redis#connect
    connection_options = {},

    host = "127.0.0.1",
    port = "6379",
    path = "",  -- unix socket path, e.g. /tmp/redis.sock
    username = "",
    password = "",
    sentinel_username = "",
    sentinel_password = "",
    db = 0,

    master_name = "mymaster",
    role = "master",  -- master | slave
    sentinels = {},

    connection_is_proxied = false,

    disabled_commands = {},
}

API

• new
• connect
• set_keepalive
• Utilities
  • connect_via_sentinel
  • try_hosts
  • connect_to_host
  • sentinel.get_master
  • sentinel.get_slaves

new

syntax: rc = redis_connector.new(params)

Creates the Redis Connector object, overriding default params with the ones given. In case of failures, returns nil and a string describing the error.

connect

syntax: redis, err = rc:connect(params)

Attempts to create a connection, according to the params supplied, falling back to defaults given in new or the predefined defaults. If a connection cannot be made, returns nil and a string describing the reason.

Note that params given here do not change the connector's own configuration, and are only used to alter this particular connection operation. As such, the following parameters have no meaning when given in connect.

• keepalive_poolsize
• keepalive_timeout
• connection_is_proxied
• disabled_commands

set_keepalive

syntax: ok, err = rc:set_keepalive(redis)

Attempts to place the given Redis connection on the keepalive pool, according to timeout and poolsize params given in new or the predefined defaults.

This allows an application to release resources without having to keep track of application wide keepalive settings.

Returns 1 or in the case of error, nil and a string describing the error.

Utilities

The following methods are not typically needed, but may be useful if a custom interface is required.

connect_via_sentinel

syntax: redis, err = rc:connect_via_sentinel(params)

Returns a Redis connection by first accessing a sentinel as supplied by the params.sentinels table, and querying this with the params.master_name and params.role.

try_hosts

syntax: redis, err = rc:try_hosts(hosts)

Tries the hosts supplied in order and returns the first successful connection.

connect_to_host

syntax: redis, err = rc:connect_to_host(host)

Attempts to connect to the supplied host.

sentinel.get_master

syntax: master, err = sentinel.get_master(sentinel, master_name)

Given a connected Sentinel instance and a master name, will return the current master Redis instance.

sentinel.get_slaves

syntax: slaves, err = sentinel.get_slaves(sentinel, master_name)

Given a connected Sentinel instance and a master name, will return a list of registered slave Redis instances.

Author

James Hurst james@pintsized.co.uk

Licence

This module is licensed under the 2-clause BSD license.

Copyright (c) James Hurst james@pintsized.co.uk

All rights reserved.

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