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Can't seem to figure out how to use redis store for sessions with Express 4, some sample code looks like: 

var express       = require('express');
var app           = express();
var cookieParser  = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser    = require('body-parser');
var session       = require('express-session');
var RedisStore    = require('connect-redis')(session);

app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(session({
    store: new RedisStore({
        host: 'localhost',
        port: 6379,
    }),
    secret: 'secret',
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: true
}));
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.session); // undefined! :(
});
app.listen(3000);

As you can see the req.session above always seems to be undefined, and obviously unable to store any variables in there...

Afs35mm
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Of course, the most frustrating problems have the simplest answers... Redis client was never installed. Link for anyone in the future - http://redis.io/topics/quickstart :facepalm:

Afs35mm
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looks like you forgot to start redis. try typingservice redis-server start on your server cli. hope it'll help :)

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