magento Magento Caching Use Redis as a cache backend
Example
Redis configuration:
- Install redis (2.4+ required)
- Install phpredis
- Install the Magento extension
Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis(only for Magento 1.7 and below) - Edit your
app/etc/local.xml:
<global>
...
<cache>
<backend>Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis</backend>
<backend_options>
<server>127.0.0.1</server> <!-- or absolute path to unix socket -->
<port>6379</port>
<persistent></persistent>
<database>0</database>
<password></password>
<force_standalone>0</force_standalone>
<connect_retries>1</connect_retries>
<automatic_cleaning_factor>0</automatic_cleaning_factor>
<compress_data>1</compress_data>
<compress_tags>1</compress_tags>
<compress_threshold>20480</compress_threshold>
<compression_lib>gzip</compression_lib> <!-- Supports gzip, lzf and snappy -->
</backend_options>
</cache>
...
</global>
