redis – Use Redis DB for cache

Synopsis

  • This cache uses JSON formatted, per host records saved in Redis.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this cache.

  • redis>=2.4.5 (python lib)

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
_prefix
-
Default:
"ansible_facts"
ini entries:

[defaults]
fact_caching_prefix = ansible_facts

env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX
User defined prefix to use when creating the DB entries
_timeout
integer
Default:
86400
ini entries:

[defaults]
fact_caching_timeout = 86400

env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT
Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data
_uri
- / required
ini entries:

[defaults]
fact_caching_connection = VALUE

env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
A colon separated string of connection information for Redis.

Status

Authors

  • UNKNOWN

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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/plugins/cache/redis.html