class Redis

def initialize(options = {})

Returns:
  • (Redis) - a new client instance

Options Hash: (**options)
  • :sentinels (Array) -- List of sentinels to contact
  • :name (String) -- The name of the server group to connect to.
  • :inherit_socket (Boolean) -- Whether to use socket in forked process or not
  • :reconnect_attempts (Integer, Array) -- Number of attempts trying to connect,
  • :id (String) -- ID for the client connection, assigns name to current connection by sending
  • :driver (Symbol) -- Driver to use, currently supported: `:ruby`, `:hiredis`
  • :db (Integer) -- Database to select after connect and on reconnects
  • :password (String) -- Password to authenticate against server
  • :username (String) -- Username to authenticate against server
  • :connect_timeout (Float) -- timeout for initial connect in seconds
  • :timeout (Float) -- timeout in seconds
  • :path (String) -- path to server socket (overrides host and port)
  • :port (Integer) -- server port
  • :host (String) -- server hostname
  • :url (String) -- a Redis URL, for a TCP connection:

Parameters:
  • options (Hash) -- 
def initialize(options = {})
  @monitor = Monitor.new
  @options = options.dup
  @options[:reconnect_attempts] = 1 unless @options.key?(:reconnect_attempts)
  if ENV["REDIS_URL"] && SERVER_URL_OPTIONS.none? { |o| @options.key?(o) }
    @options[:url] = ENV["REDIS_URL"]
  end
  inherit_socket = @options.delete(:inherit_socket)
  @subscription_client = nil
  @client = initialize_client(@options)
  @client.inherit_socket! if inherit_socket
end