Redis

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Redis is a popular networked, in-memory, key-value data store with optional durability to disk.

Before you start, ensure you have Ondat installed and ready on a Kubernetes cluster. See our guide on how to install Ondat on Kubernetes for more information.

Deploying Redis on Kubernetes

  1. You can find the latest files in the Ondat use cases repository

    git clone https://github.com/storageos/use-cases.git storageos-usecases
    

    StatefulSet defintion

    kind: StatefulSet
    metadata:
    name: redis
    spec:
    selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: redis
       env: prod
    serviceName: redis
    replicas: 1
    ...
    spec:
       serviceAccountName: redis
        ...
        volumeMounts:
         - name: data
           mountPath: /bitnami/redis/data
     ...
    volumeClaimTemplates:
    - metadata:
       name: data
       labels:
         env: prod
     spec:
       accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
       storageClassName: "storageos" # Ondat storageClass 
       resources:
         requests:
           storage: 5Gi
    

    This excerpt is from the StatefulSet definition. This file contains the VolumeClaim template that will dynamically provision storage, using the Ondat storage class. Dynamic provisioning occurs as a volumeMount has been declared with the same name as a Volume Claim.

  2. Move into the Redis examples folder and create the objects

    cd storageos-usecases
    kubectl create -f ./redis
    
  3. Confirm Redis is up and running.

    $ kubectl get pods -w -l app=redis
    NAME        READY    STATUS    RESTARTS    AGE
    redis-0     1/1      Running    0          1m
    
  4. Connect to the Redis client pod and connect to the Redis server through the service

     $ kubectl exec -it redis-0 -- redis-cli -a password
     Warning: Using a password with '-a' option on the command line interface may not be safe.
     127.0.0.1:6379> CONFIG GET maxmemory
     1) "maxmemory"
     2) "0"
    

Configuration

If you need custom startup options, you can edit the ConfigMap file 15-redis-configmap.yaml with your desired Redis configuration settings.