Ruby: Configuring Redis with Sidekiq

This documentation is part of the Redis guide. View the full guide here: Connect Ruby and Ruby on Rails with Redis for fast caching and background jobs.

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Sidekiq will automatically use the Redis server specified in your REDIS_URL environment variable. Set it as follows, updating <yourPassword> and <XXXXXX>:

REDIS_URL="rediss://default:<yourPassword>@<XXXXXX>.stackhero-network.com:6380"

To dive deeper, visit the Sidekiq documentation on Redis usage.