How to get Redis running on Azure? [closed]

Question

I have seen several references to people running Redis on Azure, but no implementation or any sort of 'howto' on it. Has anyone seen such an example?

Answer 1

1. Download Redis for Windows - see the section 'Redis Service builds for Windows' on https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis. I ended up using the win64 version from dmajkic https://github.com/dmajkic/redis/downloads
2. Create an Azure worker role, delete the default class (you don't need c# code at all). Add the file redis-server.exe from the downloaded redis source (the exe can be found in redis/src).

3. In the service definition file add the following config

   <WorkerRole name="my.Worker" vmsize="Small">   <Runtime executionContext="limited">     <EntryPoint>       <ProgramEntryPoint commandLine="redis-server.exe" setReadyOnProcessStart="true" />     </EntryPoint>   </Runtime>   <Imports>     <Import moduleName="Diagnostics" />     <Import moduleName="RemoteAccess" />     <Import moduleName="RemoteForwarder" />   </Imports>   <Endpoints>     <InternalEndpoint name="Redis" protocol="tcp" port="6379" />   </Endpoints> </WorkerRole> 

4. You can refer to the redis server from your web role using the following

   var ipEndpoint = RoleEnvironment.Roles["my.Worker"].Instances[0].InstanceEndpoints["Redis"].IPEndpoint; host = string.Format("{0}:{1}", ipEndpoint.Address, ipEndpoint.Port); 

Hope that helps.