Redis Cache

Each project can provision Redis instances for caching, rate limiting, queues, or session storage. Redis instances behave differently from Postgres databases and object storage: you connect to them directly with a connection string, rather than through the MassiCloud API.

Direct connection model

Postgres and object storage are mediated through the API (PostgREST and the storage proxy respectively), because both need per-request authorization (RLS, bucket ownership). Redis has no equivalent per-key authorization model — a Redis instance is a private cache for your backend, not something end-users query directly — so MassiCloud gives your app the connection string directly instead of proxying every GET/SET through HTTP.

graph LR
    App["Your backend"] -->|"redis://:password@host:port"| Redis[("Redis instance")]

This is why the portal shows the host, port, and password for each instance in the clear (behind a reveal toggle) — they’re meant to be copied into your app’s environment, not embedded in client-side code. Treat a Redis password the same way you’d treat a database password: never ship it to a browser or mobile client.

Connecting

Use any standard Redis client for your language, pointed at the connection string shown in the portal:

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

import Redis from 'ioredis'
const redis = new Redis('redis://:password@host:port')

import redis
r = redis.Redis(host="<host>", port=<port>, password="<password>")

rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
    Addr:     "<host>:<port>",
    Password: "<password>",
})

Isolation

Each Redis instance is its own container, scoped to one stage in your project — the same way each Postgres database is its own instance. Data in staging and production Redis instances never overlap.

What to use it for

• Caching expensive query results
• Rate limiting / throttling
• Session storage for your own backend
• Job queues (e.g. BullMQ, Sidekiq-style workers)

Because Redis is connected to directly, there’s no SDK wrapper for it — use whichever Redis client your language’s ecosystem already provides.