Redis stores for ActiveSupport

redis-activesupport provides a full set of stores (Cache) for ActiveSupport. It natively supports object marshalling, timeouts, single or multiple nodes and namespaces.

Redis Installation

Option 1: Homebrew

MacOS X users should use Homebrew to install Redis:

brew install redis

Option 2: From Source

Download and install Redis from http://redis.io

wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.4.5.tar.gz
tar -zxf redis-2.4.5.tar.gz
mv redis-2.4.5 redis
cd redis
make

Usage

# Gemfile
gem 'redis-activesupport'

Cache Store: Ruby on Rails

# config/environments/production.rb
config.cache_store = :redis_store # { ... optional configuration ... }

Cache Store: Standalone

ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store :redis_store # { ... optional configuration ... }

Configuration

For advanced configuration options, please check the Redis Store Wiki.

Running tests

git clone git://github.com/jodosha/redis-store.git
cd redis-store/redis-activesupport
gem install bundler --pre # required version: 1.1.rc
bundle exec rake

If you are on Snow Leopard you have to run env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" bundle exec rake

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