Learn how to connect to a Caching database instance with the free GUI: RedisInsight.
Managed Databases (also called Cloud Databases) allow you to focus on building and deploying cloud applications while OVHcloud manages the database infrastructure and maintenance in operational conditions.
Requirements
- access to the OVHcloud Control Panel
- a Public Cloud project in your OVHcloud account
- a Caching service running on your OVHcloud Cloud Databases (this guide can help you to meet this requirement)
- configure your Caching instance to accept incoming connections
- a RedisInsight stable version installed and public network connectivity (Internet). This guide was made in RedisInsight 1.11.1
Concept
A Caching instance can be managed in multiple ways. One of the easiest, yet powerful, is using a Command Line Interface (CLI), as shown in our guide: Caching - Connect with CLI or by using programming languages, such as PHP.
Another way is to interact directly using the GUI: RedisInsight.
To do so, we will need to install RedisInsight, configure our Cloud Databases for Caching service to accept incoming connections, and finally configure RedisInsight.
Instructions
Installation
To interact with your Caching service with RedisInsight you need to install it.
Please follow the official RedisInsight to get the latest information.
We are now ready to learn how to connect to our Caching service.
Connect with RedisInsight
Collect required information
Select the General information tab to find the required login information:
Configuration
Access the RedisInsight interface and click Add connection details manually.
Fill in the form with the previously collected credentials. Check the Use TLS check box and uncheck the Verify TLS Certificate check box. Then click on Add Redis Database:
Select your Redis database.
Finally, select the Key icon from the left-hand navigation menu, click + Key, and add the following commands: 'scan', 'type', and 'getRange'.
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Cloud Databases support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.