redis – Use Redis DB for cache

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Requirements
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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

This cache is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This cache is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

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Configuration entries for each entry type have a low to high priority order. For example, a variable that is lower in the list will override a variable that is higher up.

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