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Redis 4.x Cookbook

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Redis 4.x Cookbook

Overview of this book

Redis is considered the world's most popular key-value store database. Its versatility and the wide variety of use cases it enables have made it a popular choice of database for many enterprises. Based on the latest version of Redis, this book provides both step-by-step recipes and relevant the background information required to utilize its features to the fullest. It covers everything from a basic understanding of Redis data types to advanced aspects of Redis high availability, clustering, administration, and troubleshooting. This book will be your great companion to master all aspects of Redis. The book starts off by installing and configuring Redis for you to get started with ease. Moving on, all the data types and features of Redis are introduced in detail. Next, you will learn how to develop applications with Redis in Java, Python, and the Spring Boot web framework. You will also learn replication tasks, which will help you to troubleshoot replication issues. Furthermore, you will learn the steps that need to be undertaken to ensure high availability on your cluster and during production deployment. Toward the end of the book, you will learn the topmost tasks that will help you to troubleshoot your ecosystem efficiently, along with extending Redis by using different modules.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
13
Windows Environment Setup
Index

Introduction


Although Redis supports a good number of data types and great features, sometimes we may wish to add our own custom data types or commands to Redis. In Chapter 3, Data Features, we have learned that Lua scripts can be used to implement our customized logic on top of Redis built-in data types and commands. Additionally, starting from Redis 4.0, we can also extend Redis capabilities with Redis modules.

Redis modules are shared C libraries that can be loaded by the Redis server at startup or runtime. Redis modules have the following advantages over Lua scripts:

  • As C libraries, Redis modules run much faster than Lua scripts
  • New data structures can be created in Redis modules, while in Lua scripts we can only use existing Redis data types
  • Commands created in Redis modules can be called from a client directly as if they were native commands, while Lua scripts have to be called with EVAL or EVALSHA
  • Third-party libraries can be linked into Redis Modules, while what we can do in Lua scripts...