Simple Redis Store for ActiveSupport::Cache

simple_redis_store provides a lightweight Redis cache store for ActiveSupport::Cache.

Prerequisites

simple_redis_store relies on Redis being installed and running.

Mac users can install Redis via brew install redis.

Everyone else, check the package manager of your operating system.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile then run bundle:

gem 'simple_redis_store'

Usage

Ruby on Rails

# config/environments/production.rb
config.action_controller.perform_caching = true
config.cache_store = :simple_redis_store

Standalone

ActiveSupport::Cache.lookup_store :simple_redis_store

TODO

  • Implement multi key retrieval (def read_multi)
  • Improve configuration support
  • Tests

(c) 2012 Kieran Pilkington, release under the MIT license