Use Redis for the Magento page and default cache
Magento provides command line options to configure Redis page and default caching. Although you can also configure caching by editing the <Magento install dir>app/etc/env.php file, the command line is the recommended method, especially for initial configuration. The command line provides validation, thereby ensuring the configuration is syntactically correct.
You must install Redis before continuing.
Configure Redis default caching
Run the setup:config:set command and specify parameters that specific to Redis default caching.
bin/magento setup:config:set --cache-backend=redis --cache-backend-redis-<parameter_name>=<parameter_value>...
where
--cache-backend=redis enables Redis default caching. If this feature has already been enabled, omit this parameter.
--cache-backend-redis-<parameter_name>=<parameter_value> is a list of parameter/value pairs that configure default caching:
| Command line parameter | Parameter | Meaning | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
| cache-backend-redis-server | server | Fully qualified host name, IP address, or a an absolute path to a UNIX socket. The default value of 127.0.0.1 indicates Redis is installed on the Magento server. |
127.0.0.1 |
| cache-backend-redis-port | port | Redis server listen port | 6379 |
| cache-backend-redis-db | database |
Required if you use Redis for both the default and full page cache. You must specify the database number of one of the caches; the other cache uses Important: If you use Redis for more than one type of caching, the database numbers must be different. It is recommended that you assign the default caching database number to 0, the page caching database number to 1, and the session storage database number to 2. |
0 |
Example command
The following example enables Redis default caching, sets the host to redis.example.com and assigns the database number to 0. All other parameters are set to the default value.
bin/magento setup:config:set --cache-backend=redis --cache-backend-redis-server=redis.example.com --cache-backend-redis-db=0
Configure Redis page caching
To configure Redis page caching on Magento, run the setup:config:set command with additional parameters.
bin/magento setup:config:set --page-cache=redis --page-cache-redis-<parameter_name>=<parameter_value>...
where
--page-cache=redis enables Redis page caching. If this feature has already been enabled, omit this parameter.
--page-cache-redis-<parameter_name>=<parameter_value> is a list of parameter/value pairs that configure page caching:
| Command line parameter | Parameter | Meaning | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|
| page-cache-redis-server | server | Fully qualified host name, IP address, or a an absolute path to a UNIX socket. The default value of 127.0.0.1 indicates Redis is installed on the Magento server. |
127.0.0.1 |
| page-cache-redis-port | port | Redis server listen port | 6379 |
| page-cache-redis-db | database |
Required if you use Redis for both the default and full page cache. You must specify the database number of one of the caches; the other cache uses Important: If you use Redis for more than one type of caching, the database numbers must be different. It is recommended that you assign the default caching database number to 0, the page caching database number to 1, and the session storage database number to 2. |
0 |
| page-cache-redis-compress-data | compress_data | Required only for the full page cache. Set to 1 to compress the full page cache. Redis chooses a compression algorithm in the following order, based on availability: snappy, l4z, or lzf. If none of them available, Redis uses gzip. |
0 |
Example command
The following example enables Redis page caching, sets the host to redis.example.com and assigns the database number to 1. All other parameters are set to the default value.
bin/magento setup:config:set --page-cache=redis --page-cache-redis-server=redis.example.com --page-cache-redis-db=1
Results
As a result of the two example commands, Magento adds lines similar to the following to <Magento install dir>app/etc/env.php:
'cache' =>
array(
'frontend' =>
array(
'default' =>
array(
'backend' => 'Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis',
'backend_options' =>
array(
'server' => 'redis.example.com',
'database' => '0',
'port' => '6379'
),
),
'page_cache' =>
array(
'backend' => 'Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis',
'backend_options' =>
array(
'server' => 'redis.example.com',
'port' => '6379',
'database' => '1',
'compress_data' => '0'
)
)
)
),
Basic verification
To verify that Redis and Magento are working together, use the following commands:
Redis monitor command
In a command prompt on the server on which Redis is running, enter:
redis-cli monitor
Refresh your storefront page and you’ll see output similar to the following.
Session storage
If you use Redis for session storage, you’ll see output similar to the following:
1476824834.187250 [0 127.0.0.1:52353] "select" "0"
1476824834.187587 [0 127.0.0.1:52353] "hmget" "sess_sgmeh2k3t7obl2tsot3h2ss0p1" "data" "writes"
1476824834.187939 [0 127.0.0.1:52353] "expire" "sess_sgmeh2k3t7obl2tsot3h2ss0p1" "1200"
1476824834.257226 [0 127.0.0.1:52353] "select" "0"
1476824834.257239 [0 127.0.0.1:52353] "hmset" "sess_sgmeh2k3t7obl2tsot3h2ss0p1" "data" "_session_validator_data|a:4:{s:11:\"remote_addr\";s:12:\"10.235.34.14\";s:8:\"http_via\";s:0:\"\";s:20:\"http_x_forwarded_for\";s:0:\"\";s:15:\"http_user_agent\";s:115:\"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/53.0.2785.143 Safari/537.36\";}_session_hosts|a:1:{s:12:\"10.235.32.10\";b:1;}admin|a:0:{}default|a:2:{s:9:\"_form_key\";s:16:\"e331ugBN7vRjGMgk\";s:12:\"visitor_data\";a:3:{s:13:\"last_visit_at\";s:19:\"2016-10-18 21:06:37\";s:10:\"session_id\";s:26:\"sgmeh2k3t7obl2tsot3h2ss0p1\";s:10:\"visitor_id\";s:1:\"9\";}}adminhtml|a:0:{}customer_base|a:1:{s:20:\"customer_segment_ids\";a:1:{i:1;a:0:{}}}checkout|a:0:{}" "lock" "0"
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Page caching
If you use Redis for page caching, you’ll see output similar to the following:
1476826133.810090 [0 127.0.0.1:52366] "select" "1"
1476826133.816293 [0 127.0.0.1:52367] "select" "0"
1476826133.817461 [0 127.0.0.1:52367] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_GLOBAL__DICONFIG" "d"
1476826133.829666 [0 127.0.0.1:52367] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_DICONFIG049005964B465901F774DB9751971818" "d"
1476826133.837854 [0 127.0.0.1:52367] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_INTERCEPTION" "d"
1476826133.868374 [0 127.0.0.1:52368] "select" "1"
1476826133.869011 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "select" "0"
1476826133.869601 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_DEFAULT_CONFIG_CACHE_DEFAULT__10__235__32__1080MAGENTO2" "d"
1476826133.872317 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_INITIAL_CONFIG" "d"
1476826133.879267 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_GLOBAL_PRIMARY_PLUGIN_LIST" "d"
1476826133.883312 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_GLOBAL__EVENT_CONFIG_CACHE" "d"
1476826133.898431 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_DB_PDO_MYSQL_DDL_STAGING_UPDATE_1" "d"
1476826133.898794 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_RESOLVED_STORES_D1BEFA03C79CA0B84ECC488DEA96BC68" "d"
1476826133.905738 [0 127.0.0.1:52369] "hget" "zc:k:ea6_DEFAULT_CONFIG_CACHE_STORE_DEFAULT_10__235__32__1080MAGENTO2" "d"
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1476826210.634998 [0 127.0.0.1:52439] "hmset" "zc:k:ea6_MVIEW_CONFIG" "d" "a:18:{s:19:\"design_config_dummy\";a:4:{s:7:\"view_id\";s:19:\"design_config_dummy\";s:12:\"action_class\";s:39:\"Magento\\Theme\\Model\\Indexer\\Mview\\Dummy\";s:5:\"group\";s:7:\"indexer\";s:13:\"subscriptions\";a:0:{}}s:14:\"customer_dummy\";a:4:{s:7:\"view_id\";s:14:\"customer_dummy\";s:12:\"action_class\";s:42:\"Magento\\Customer\\Model\\Indexer\\Mview\\Dummy\";s:5:\"group\";s:7:\"indexer\";s:13:\"subscriptions\";a:0:{}}s:13:\"cms_page_grid\";a:4:{s:7:\"view_id\";s:13:\"cms_page_grid\";s:12:\"action_class\";s:43:\"Magento\\Catalog\\Model\\Indexer\\Category\\Flat\";s:5:\"group\";s:7:\"indexer\";s:13:\"subscriptions\";a:1:{s:8:\"cms_page\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:8:\"cms_page\";s:6:\"column\";s:7:\"page_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";N;}}}s:21:\"catalog_category_flat\";a:4:{s:7:\"view_id\";s:21:\"catalog_category_flat\";s:12:\"action_class\";s:43:\"Magento\\Catalog\\Model\\Indexer\\Category\\Flat\";s:5:\"group\";s:7:\"indexer\";s:13:\"subscriptions\";a:6:{s:23:\"catalog_category_entity\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:23:\"catalog_category_entity\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";N;}s:31:\"catalog_category_entity_decimal\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:31:\"catalog_category_entity_decimal\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";s:71:\"Magento\\CatalogStaging\\Model\\Mview\\View\\Category\\Attribute\\Subscription\";}s:27:\"catalog_category_entity_int\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:27:\"catalog_category_entity_int\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";s:71:\"Magento\\CatalogStaging\\Model\\Mview\\View\\Category\\Attribute\\Subscription\";}s:28:\"catalog_category_entity_text\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:28:\"catalog_category_entity_text\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";s:71:\"Magento\\CatalogStaging\\Model\\Mview\\View\\Category\\Attribute\\Subscription\";}s:31:\"catalog_category_entity_varchar\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:31:\"catalog_category_entity_varchar\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";s:71:\"Magento\\CatalogStaging\\Model\\Mview\\View\\Category\\Attribute\\Subscription\";}s:32:\"catalog_category_entity_datetime\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:32:\"catalog_category_entity_datetime\";s:6:\"column\";s:9:\"entity_id\";s:18:\"subscription_model\";s:71:\"Magento\\CatalogStaging\\Model\\Mview\\View\\Category\\Attribute\\Subscription\";}}}s:24:\"catalog_category_product\";a:4:{s:7:\"view_id\";s:24:\"catalog_category_product\";s:12:\"action_class\";s:46:\"Magento\\Catalog\\Model\\Indexer\\Category\\Product\";s:5:\"group\";s:7:\"indexer\";s:13:\"subscriptions\";a:2:{s:23:\"catalog_category_entity\";a:3:{s:4:\"name\";s:23:\"catalog_category_entity\";s:6:\"column\"
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Redis ping command
Enter the following command:
redis-cli ping
PONG should be the response.
If both commands succeeded, Redis is set up properly.