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# redis – Use Redis DB for cache

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Status

## 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

- UNKNOWN

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