Create a Memorystore for Redis instance by using the Google Cloud console

Create a Redis instance

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Memorystore for Redis page.

   Memorystore for Redis

   If this page is unavailable, then enable or re-enable the Memorystore for Redis API.

   Enable the API

2. Click Create instance.

3. In the Create a Redis instance page, make the following configurations for the instance that you're creating.

   • In the Instance ID field, enter my-instance-1.
   • In the Display name field, enter My Quickstart Instance.
   • In the Tier selection section, select Basic. This tier designates a standalone Redis node, as opposed to the Standard tier, which uses a replica node to backup your data.
   • In the Capacity field, enter 5. This sets the capacity of your instance to 5 GB.
   • From the Region menu, select us-central1 (Iowa).
   • From the Network menu, select default.
   • Expand the Configuration node, and then from the Version menu, select
     7.0 (Recommended).

4. Click Create instance.

5. After the instance is created, obtain your instance's IP address by following these steps:

   1. Go to the Memorystore for Redis page in the Google Cloud console.
      Memorystore for Redis
   2. Click on the ID of the instance: my-instance-1.
   3. Under Connection properties, take a note of your instance's IP address.
   4. Also note that your instance's Port number is 6379.

Connect to the Redis instance from a Compute Engine VM instance

You can connect to the Redis instance from any Compute Engine VM that uses the Redis instance's authorized network with a supported RFC 1918 IP address.

1. If you don't already have a Compute Engine VM that uses that same authorized network as your Redis instance, create one and connect to it by following Quickstart using a Linux VM.

2. Install telnet using apt-get:

   sudo apt-get install telnet
   

3. From the terminal, telnet to the IP address of the Redis instance, replacing variables with appropriate values.

   telnet instance-ip-address 6379
   

   If successful, the command will return this result:

   Trying instance-ip-address…
   Connected to instance-ip-address
   

4. In the telnet session, enter some Redis commands:

   Enter:

   PING
   

   Result:

   PONG
   

   Enter

   SET HELLO WORLD
   

   Result:

   +OK
   

   Enter:

   GET HELLO
   

   Result:

   $5
   WORLD