cf-gotty-redis-cli

A tool to deploy redis-cli to Cloud Foundry and to use it for remote Redis instances diagnostic via Web Application.

Deployment

1. download the release file
2. extract to a local folder
3. update manifest.yml if necessary
4. cf push the app to Cloud Foundry
5. bind to redis service and restart app

Usage

• Get Redis Infomration from VCAP_SERVICES

for example:

  "system_env_json": {
    "VCAP_SERVICES": {
      "p.redis": [
        {
          "label": "p.redis",
          "provider": null,
          "plan": "cache-small",
          "name": "svc-redis",
          "tags": [
            "redis",
            "pivotal",
            "on-demand"
          ],
          "instance_name": "svc-redis",
          "binding_name": null,
          "credentials": {
            "host": "q-s0.redis-instance.pcfone-dynamicservices.service-instance-55eece71-9cbc-4dac-94fb-aef574242dbf.bosh",
            "password": "bQpstBVTwzYyKH3ciua0Xt4MHI503S",
            "port": 6379
          },
          "syslog_drain_url": null,
          "volume_mounts": []
        }
      ]
    }
  },

• Login the Web Interface Terminal, or use gotty-client to connect Gotty

for example:

gotty-client https://<GOTTY_USERNAME>:<GOTTY_PASSWORD>@https://gotty-redis-cli.cf.exmaple.com

• Run redis-cli to Connect Remote Redis Server

./redis-cli -h <host> -p <port> -a <password>

Redis Server Diagnostics

Useful redis-cli References:

• redis-cli, the Redis command line interface
• commands

Commands

info
ping
memory stats

Continuous stats mode

$ redis-cli --stat

Scanning for big keys

$ redis-cli --bigkeys

Getting a list of keys

$ redis-cli --scan | head -10

Monitoring commands executed in Redis

$ redis-cli monitor

Monitoring the latency of Redis instances

$ redis-cli --latency