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How to connect Azure Redis Cache to Redsmin

Redsmin Redis GUI is tightly crafted developer oriented online real-time monitoring and administration service for Redis. So let's see how to setup Azure Redis Cache with Redsmin!

First connect to Azure Portal and create a new Azure Redis Cache:



Then copy the primary key (it's the redis auth key):


And finally copy the host and ssl port:


With our current example the redis connection string will be:
redis://zEbD/TkloUGvd+Eosuqr9keFhyH+A/6wRz0lcT6V/Ig=@redsmin.redis.cache.windows.net:6380
The final step is to retrieve the current azure SSL certificate. At the time of writing (2018/09/18) the current azure certificate public key is:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Note: If it does not work (e.g. the certificate is expired) you can always find the new one with (don't forget to change SERVER:SSL_PORT):
openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect SERVER:SSL_PORT -prexit 2>/dev/null)
Finally create a new Redsmin publicly available (SSL/TLS) server and enter :
  • the connection string with your password
⚠️Azure produce it's own connection string format as follow:
my-server.redis.cache.windows.net:6380,password=my-awesome-password,ssl=True,abortConnect=False
the above format won't work in Redsmin, you need to convert it to the format below:
my-awesome-password@my-server.redis.cache.windows.net:6380
  •  the certificate public key


Et voila!

If you had any issues with the above setup or would like more informations about Redsmin, simply contact one of our team member, we answer fast!

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