# Sentinel DataSource Redis
Sentinel DataSource Redis provides integration with Redis. The data source leverages Redis pub-sub feature to implement push model (listener).
The data source uses [Lettuce](https://lettuce.io/) as the Redis client, which requires JDK 1.8 or later.
> **NOTE**: Currently we do not support Redis Cluster now.
## Usage
To use Sentinel DataSource Redis, you should add the following dependency:
```xml
com.alibaba.csp
sentinel-datasource-redis
x.y.z
```
Then you can create an `RedisDataSource` and register to rule managers.
For instance:
```java
ReadableDataSource> redisDataSource = new RedisDataSource>(redisConnectionConfig, ruleKey, channel, flowConfigParser);
FlowRuleManager.register2Property(redisDataSource.getProperty());
```
- `redisConnectionConfig`: use `RedisConnectionConfig` class to build your Redis connection config
- `ruleKey`: the rule persistence key of a Redis String
- `channel`: the channel to subscribe
You can also create multi data sources to subscribe for different rule type.
Note that the data source first loads initial rules from a Redis String (provided `ruleKey`) during initialization.
So for consistency, users should publish the value and save the value to the `ruleKey` simultaneously like this (using Redis transaction):
```
MULTI
SET ruleKey value
PUBLISH channel value
EXEC
```
An example using Lettuce Redis client:
```java
public void pushRules(List rules, Converter, String> encoder) {
StatefulRedisPubSubConnection connection = client.connectPubSub();
RedisPubSubCommands subCommands = connection.sync();
String value = encoder.convert(rules);
subCommands.multi();
subCommands.set(ruleKey, value);
subCommands.publish(ruleChannel, value);
subCommands.exec();
}
```
## How to build RedisConnectionConfig
### Build with Redis standalone mode
```java
RedisConnectionConfig config = RedisConnectionConfig.builder()
.withHost("localhost")
.withPort(6379)
.withPassword("pwd")
.withDataBase(2)
.build();
```
### Build with Redis Sentinel mode
```java
RedisConnectionConfig config = RedisConnectionConfig.builder()
.withRedisSentinel("redisSentinelServer1",5000)
.withRedisSentinel("redisSentinelServer2",5001)
.withRedisSentinelMasterId("redisSentinelMasterId").build();
```