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title: Redis module
description: This module periodically fetches metrics from Redis servers. The defaut metricsets are info and keyspace. The Redis module has these additional config...
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---

# Redis module
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This module periodically fetches metrics from [Redis](http://redis.io/) servers.
The defaut metricsets are `info` and `keyspace`.

## Module-specific configuration notes

The Redis module has these additional config options:
<definitions>
  <definition term="hosts">
    URLs that are used to connect to Redis. URL format: redis://[:password@]host[:port]/db-number][?option=value] redis://HOST[:PORT][?password=PASSWORD[&db=DATABASE]]
  </definition>
  <definition term="password">
    The password to authenticate, by default it’s empty.
  </definition>
  <definition term="idle_timeout">
    The duration to remain idle before closing connections. If the value is zero, then idle connections are not closed. The default value is 2 times the module period to allow a connection to be reused across fetches. The `idle_timeout` should be set to less than the server’s connection timeout.
  </definition>
  <definition term="network">
    The network type to be used for the Redis connection. The default value is `tcp`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="maxconn">
    The maximum number of concurrent connections to Redis. The default value is 10.
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Compatibility

The redis metricsets `info`, `key` and `keyspace` are compatible with all distributions of Redis (OSS and enterprise). They were tested with Redis 3.2.12, 4.0.11, 5.0-rc4 and 6.2.6, and are expected to work with all versions >= 3.0.

## Example configuration

The Redis module supports the standard configuration options that are described in [Modules](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/configuration-metricbeat). Here is an example configuration:
```yaml
metricbeat.modules:
- module: redis
  metricsets: ["info", "keyspace"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s

  # Redis hosts
  hosts: ["127.0.0.1:6379"]

  # Timeout after which time a metricset should return an error
  # Timeout is by default defined as period, as a fetch of a metricset
  # should never take longer then period, as otherwise calls can pile up.
  #timeout: 1s

  # Optional fields to be added to each event
  #fields:
  #  datacenter: west

  # Network type to be used for redis connection. Default: tcp
  #network: tcp

  # Max number of concurrent connections. Default: 10
  #maxconn: 10

  # Filters can be used to reduce the number of fields sent.
  #processors:
  #  - include_fields:
  #      fields: ["beat", "metricset", "redis.info.stats"]

  # Redis AUTH username (Redis 6.0+). Empty by default.
  #username: user

  # Redis AUTH password. Empty by default.
  #password: pass

  # Optional SSL/TLS (Redis 6.0+). By default is false.
  #ssl.enabled: true

  # List of root certificates for SSL/TLS server verification
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.crt"]

  # Certificate for SSL/TLS client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.crt"

  # Client certificate key file
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
```


## Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:
- [info](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-redis-info)
- [key](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-redis-key)
- [keyspace](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/reference/beats/metricbeat/metricbeat-metricset-redis-keyspace)