Redis Enterprise

Redis Enterprise adds enterprise features on top of open-source Redis — Active-Active geo-distribution (conflict-free multi-region writes), Redis modules (RedisSearch for full-text, RedisJSON for native JSON, RedisTimeSeries for time-series), and cluster auto-failover. For agents: the Management REST API creates and configures Redis databases, manages replication, and monitors cluster health; standard Redis clients (redis-py) connect to the databases via the Redis protocol. Redis Cloud provides fully managed hosting. Confidence is docs-derived.

Management REST API at {redis_enterprise_host}:9443/v1. Databases: POST /bdbs creates database ({name, type: "redis", memory_size: 104857600, replication: false, persistence: "disabled"}). GET /bdbs lists databases. GET /bdbs/{bdb_id} retrieves database details + endpoint. PATCH /bdbs/{bdb_id} updates database (e.g., increase memory_size). DELETE /bdbs/{bdb_id} deletes database. Cluster: GET /cluster retrieves cluster info. GET /nodes lists cluster nodes. Modules: POST /bdbs/{id}/upgrade_module upgrades database module. Redis client (redis-py): r = redis.Redis(host, port, password). r.set("key", "value"). r.get("key"). r.hset("hash", "field", "value"). Redis protocol: standard Redis commands work on all Enterprise databases.

Management API: Basic auth — Authorization: Basic base64(email:password). Admin credentials set during cluster setup. HTTPS enforced (self-signed cert for self-hosted — trust or replace). Redis databases: password authentication (requirepass) or ACL-based (Redis 6+). Redis Cloud: API key auth for REST management API (separate from Redis credentials). TLS: configurable per database for in-transit encryption. No OAuth2.

Management API: standard HTTP status codes with JSON errors. Redis protocol: Redis client handles connection pooling, retry, and failover. Primary/replica: auto-failover on primary failure (typically <1s). Active-Active: CRDT-based conflict resolution (last-write-wins for strings, merge for sets). Persistence: RDB (snapshot) or AOF (append-only) per database. Redis Enterprise uptime: Redis Cloud at status.redis.com. Self-hosted: operator-managed. Memory eviction: configure per database (allkeys-lru, volatile-ttl, etc.). Modules: RedisSearch and RedisJSON installed per database — not all commands available without modules enabled.

redis.io/docs/management/rest-api covers REST API reference for Redis Enterprise cluster management. redis.io/docs/clients/python covers redis-py client guide. Getting started: Redis Cloud free tier (30MB), connect with redis-py — first commands in under 5 minutes. redis-py: pip install redis. Community via Redis Discord (active) and Stack Overflow (redis tag). Documentation covers both OSS Redis and Enterprise — filter for Enterprise-specific features.