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Quickstart to learn how to Use Azure Cache for Redis with .NET Core apps | Microsoft Docs |
In this quickstart, learn how to access Azure Cache for Redis in your .NET Core apps |
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This quickstart shows you how to get started using Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis with .NET Core. Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis is based on the popular open-source Azure Cache for Redis. It gives you access to a secure, dedicated Azure Cache for Redis, managed by Microsoft. A cache created using Azure Cache for Redis is accessible from any application within Microsoft Azure.
In this quickstart, you will use the StackExchange.Redis client with C# code in a .NET Core console app. You will create a cache, configure the .NET Core client app. Then, you will add, and update objects in the cache.
You can use any code editor to complete the steps in this quickstart. However, Visual Studio Code is an excellent option available on the Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms.
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- .Net SDK 2.0 or later.
- The StackExchange.Redis client requires .NET Framework 4 or higher.
[!INCLUDE redis-cache-create]
[!INCLUDE redis-cache-access-keys]
Make a note of the HOST NAME and the Primary access key. You will use these values later to construct the CacheConnection secret.
Open a new command window and execute the following command to create a new .NET Core console app:
dotnet new console -o Redistest
In your command window, change to the new Redistest project directory.
In this section, you will add the Secret Manager tool to your project. The Secret Manager tool stores sensitive data for development work outside of your project tree. This approach helps prevent the accidental sharing of app secrets within source code.
Open your Redistest.csproj file. Add a DotNetCliToolReference element to include Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools. Also add a UserSecretsId element as shown below, and save the file.
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
<TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
<UserSecretsId>Redistest</UserSecretsId>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>Execute the following command to add the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets package to the project:
dotnet add package Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets
Execute the following command to restore your packages:
dotnet restore
In your command window, execute the following command to store a new secret named CacheConnection, after replacing the placeholders (including angle brackets) for your cache name and primary access key:
dotnet user-secrets set CacheConnection "<cache name>.redis.cache.windows.net,abortConnect=false,ssl=true,password=<primary-access-key>"
Add the following using statement to Program.cs:
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;Add the following members to the Program class in Program.cs. This code initializes a configuration to access the user secret for the Azure Cache for Redis connection string.
private static IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; set; }
const string SecretName = "CacheConnection";
private static void InitializeConfiguration()
{
var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
.AddUserSecrets<Program>();
Configuration = builder.Build();
}In this section, you will configure the console application to use the StackExchange.Redis client for .NET.
In your command window, execute the following command in the Redistest project directory:
dotnet add package StackExchange.Redis
Once the installation is completed, the StackExchange.Redis cache client is available to use with your project.
Add the following using statement to Program.cs:
using StackExchange.Redis;The connection to the Azure Cache for Redis is managed by the ConnectionMultiplexer class. This class should be shared and reused throughout your client application. Do not create a new connection for each operation.
In Program.cs, add the following members to the Program class of your console application:
private static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> lazyConnection = new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>
{
string cacheConnection = Configuration[SecretName];
return ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(cacheConnection);
});
public static ConnectionMultiplexer Connection
{
get
{
return lazyConnection.Value;
}
}This approach to sharing a ConnectionMultiplexer instance in your application uses a static property that returns a connected instance. The code provides a thread-safe way to initialize only a single connected ConnectionMultiplexer instance. abortConnect is set to false, which means that the call succeeds even if a connection to the Azure Cache for Redis is not established. One key feature of ConnectionMultiplexer is that it automatically restores connectivity to the cache once the network issue or other causes are resolved.
The value of the CacheConnection secret is accessed using the Secret Manager configuration provider and used as the password parameter.
In Program.cs, add the following code for the Main procedure of the Program class for your console application:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
InitializeConfiguration();
// Connection refers to a property that returns a ConnectionMultiplexer
// as shown in the previous example.
IDatabase cache = lazyConnection.Value.GetDatabase();
// Perform cache operations using the cache object...
// Simple PING command
string cacheCommand = "PING";
Console.WriteLine("\nCache command : " + cacheCommand);
Console.WriteLine("Cache response : " + cache.Execute(cacheCommand).ToString());
// Simple get and put of integral data types into the cache
cacheCommand = "GET Message";
Console.WriteLine("\nCache command : " + cacheCommand + " or StringGet()");
Console.WriteLine("Cache response : " + cache.StringGet("Message").ToString());
cacheCommand = "SET Message \"Hello! The cache is working from a .NET Core console app!\"";
Console.WriteLine("\nCache command : " + cacheCommand + " or StringSet()");
Console.WriteLine("Cache response : " + cache.StringSet("Message", "Hello! The cache is working from a .NET Core console app!").ToString());
// Demostrate "SET Message" executed as expected...
cacheCommand = "GET Message";
Console.WriteLine("\nCache command : " + cacheCommand + " or StringGet()");
Console.WriteLine("Cache response : " + cache.StringGet("Message").ToString());
// Get the client list, useful to see if connection list is growing...
cacheCommand = "CLIENT LIST";
Console.WriteLine("\nCache command : " + cacheCommand);
Console.WriteLine("Cache response : \n" + cache.Execute("CLIENT", "LIST").ToString().Replace("id=", "id="));
lazyConnection.Value.Dispose();
}Save Program.cs.
Azure Cache for Rediss have a configurable number of databases (default of 16) that can be used to logically separate the data within an Azure Cache for Redis. The code connects to the default database, DB 0. For more information, see What are Redis databases? and Default Redis server configuration.
Cache items can be stored and retrieved by using the StringSet and StringGet methods.
Redis stores most data as Redis strings, but these strings can contain many types of data, including serialized binary data, which can be used when storing .NET objects in the cache.
Execute the following command in your command window to build the app:
dotnet build
Then run the app with the following command:
dotnet run
In the example below, you can see the Message key previously had a cached value, which was set using the Redis Console in the Azure portal. The app updated that cached value. The app also executed the PING and CLIENT LIST commands.
Azure Cache for Redis can cache both .NET objects and primitive data types, but before a .NET object can be cached it must be serialized. This .NET object serialization is the responsibility of the application developer, and gives the developer flexibility in the choice of the serializer.
One simple way to serialize objects is to use the JsonConvert serialization methods in Newtonsoft.Json and serialize to and from JSON. In this section, you will add a .NET object to the cache.
Execute the following command to add the Newtonsoft.json package to the app:
dotnet add package Newtonsoft.json
Add the following using statement to the top of Program.cs:
using Newtonsoft.Json;
Add the following Employee class definition to Program.cs:
class Employee
{
public string Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public int Age { get; set; }
public Employee(string EmployeeId, string Name, int Age)
{
this.Id = EmployeeId;
this.Name = Name;
this.Age = Age;
}
}At the bottom of Main() procedure in Program.cs, and before the call to Dispose(), add the following lines of code to cache and retrieve a serialized .NET object:
// Store .NET object to cache
Employee e007 = new Employee("007", "Davide Columbo", 100);
Console.WriteLine("Cache response from storing Employee .NET object : " +
cache.StringSet("e007", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(e007)));
// Retrieve .NET object from cache
Employee e007FromCache = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Employee>(cache.StringGet("e007"));
Console.WriteLine("Deserialized Employee .NET object :\n");
Console.WriteLine("\tEmployee.Name : " + e007FromCache.Name);
Console.WriteLine("\tEmployee.Id : " + e007FromCache.Id);
Console.WriteLine("\tEmployee.Age : " + e007FromCache.Age + "\n");Save Program.cs and rebuild the app with the following command:
dotnet build
Run the app with the following command to test serialization of .NET objects:
dotnet run
If you will be continuing to the next tutorial, you can keep the resources created in this quickstart and reuse them.
Otherwise, if you are finished with the quickstart sample application, you can delete the Azure resources created in this quickstart to avoid charges.
Important
Deleting a resource group is irreversible and that the resource group and all the resources in it are permanently deleted. Make sure that you do not accidentally delete the wrong resource group or resources. If you created the resources for hosting this sample inside an existing resource group that contains resources you want to keep, you can delete each resource individually from their respective blades instead of deleting the resource group.
Sign in to the Azure portal and click Resource groups.
In the Filter by name... textbox, type the name of your resource group. The instructions for this article used a resource group named TestResources. On your resource group in the result list, click ... then Delete resource group.
You will be asked to confirm the deletion of the resource group. Type the name of your resource group to confirm, and click Delete.
After a few moments, the resource group and all of its contained resources are deleted.
In this quickstart, you learned how to use Azure Cache for Redis from a .NET Core application. Continue to the next quickstart to use Azure Cache for Redis with an ASP.NET web app.
[!div class="nextstepaction"] Create an ASP.NET web app that uses an Azure Cache for Redis.