How to secure redis server and use in sidekiq
Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read
First of all, open redis-server config file in ubuntu system.
/etc/redis/redis.confin configuration file find and replace this line and uncomment it.
# requirepass foobaredreplace foobared string with proper password such as,
echo “my-strong-password” | sha256sumits generated like that, f2e7b3585d12ae57a5d121dff6e521dd09adacf3b76153d41e141fabde9ca5b9
in /etc/redis/redis.conf file we will put this password like this,
requirepass f2e7b3585d12ae57a5d121dff6e521dd09adacf3b76153d41e141fabde9ca5b9after that we restart redis server.
sudo service redis-server restartafter that we will re-write sidekiq.rb file like this,
config.redis = {
:url => ‘redis://localhost:6379/sidekiq’,
:namespace => ‘sidekiq-server’,
:password => ‘f2e7b3585d12ae57a5d121dff6e521dd09adacf3b76153d41e141fabde9ca5b9’ }then testing…
