Method: Redis#initialize

Defined in:

lib/redis.rb

#initialize(options = {}) ⇒ Redis

Create a new client instance

Options Hash (options):

• :url (String) — default: value of the environment variable REDIS_URL —

  a Redis URL, for a TCP connection: `redis://:@[hostname]:/[db]` (password, port and database are optional), for a unix socket connection: `unix://[path to Redis socket]`. This overrides all other options.

• :host (String) — default: "127.0.0.1" —

  server hostname

• :port (Fixnum) — default: 6379 —

  server port

• :path (String) —

  path to server socket (overrides host and port)

• :timeout (Float) — default: 5.0 —

  timeout in seconds

• :connect_timeout (Float) — default: same as timeout —

  timeout for initial connect in seconds

• :password (String) —

  Password to authenticate against server

• :db (Fixnum) — default: 0 —

  Database to select after initial connect

• :driver (Symbol) —

  Driver to use, currently supported: `:ruby`, `:hiredis`, `:synchrony`

• :id (String) —

  ID for the client connection, assigns name to current connection by sending `CLIENT SETNAME`

• :tcp_keepalive (Hash, Fixnum) —

  Keepalive values, if Fixnum `intvl` and `probe` are calculated based on the value, if Hash `time`, `intvl` and `probes` can be specified as a Fixnum

• :reconnect_attempts (Fixnum) —

  Number of attempts trying to connect

• :inherit_socket (Boolean) — default: false —

  Whether to use socket in forked process or not

• :sentinels (Array) —

  List of sentinels to contact

• :role (Symbol) — default: :master —

  Role to fetch via Sentinel, either `:master` or `:slave`

• :cluster (Array<String, Hash{Symbol => String, Integer}>) —

  List of cluster nodes to contact

• :replica (Boolean) —

  Whether to use readonly replica nodes in Redis Cluster or not

• :connector (Class) —

  Class of custom connector

# File 'lib/redis.rb', line 41

def initialize(options = {})
  @options = options.dup
  @cluster_mode = options.key?(:cluster)
  client = @cluster_mode ? Cluster : Client
  @original_client = @client = client.new(options)
  @queue = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }

  super() # Monitor#initialize
end