How to connect Azure Redis Cache to Redsmin

Question

I don't see how to connect to Azure Redis Cache with SSL activated to my Redsmin GUI account.

Answer 1

First you need your azure redis cache primary key (e.g. TkloUGvd+Eosuqr9keFhyH+A/6wRz0lcT6V), host (e.g. myredis.redis.cache.windows.net) and port (e.g. 6380).

Thus your redis connection string will be something like this

redis://TkloUGvd+Eosuqr9keFhyH+A/6wRz0lcT6V@myredis.redis.cache.windows.net:6380

Then you will need to extract the certificate from windows azure in PEM format you can run the above command to do so:

openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect SERVER:SSL_PORT -prexit 2>/dev/null)

Finally just create a new "Publicly available (SSL/TLS)" server and enter both the connection string and the certificate public key et voila!

A step-by-step guide is also available in Redsmin knowledge database.