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Harry
Harry

Reputation: 54949

Connecting to managed redis with auth username/password nodejs

Edit: After thinking about the issue, the real question is what is an example of connecting to digitalocean's managed redis with node-redis using tls?

I'm able to connect just fine with redisinsight GUI client using username / password, but cannot connect with nodejs. It's on the same computer so no firewall issues.

var redis = require('redis');
var client = redis.createClient(process.env.REDIS_PORT, process.env.REDIS_URL, {no_ready_check: true});
client.auth('password', function (err) {
    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
      return
    }
    console.log('auth')
});

One thing I'm confused about is where to enter the username? It's just 'default' but the documentation for node_redis doesn't provide a way to give a username during auth.

Error is: AbortError: Redis connection lost and command aborted. It might have been processed.

Here's my working lightly anonymized redisinsight connection screen.

How do I do the same in node-redis?

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Upvotes: 3

Views: 10452

Answers (1)

LeoMurillo
LeoMurillo

Reputation: 6764

The AUTH command, as stated in the docs:

When ACLs are used, the single argument form of the command, where only the password is specified, assumes that the implicit username is "default".

So even if you are using Redis 6, where additional users are supported, your authentication for default should work.

The error you're seeing is the result of a broken connection, e.g. you somehow lost connection with the Redis server. node-redis is dealing with one of two scenarios (or both) - the connection has timed out or the the reconnect attempts have exceeded the maximum number specified in a config. I would double check your connection information and how your redis server is configured.

I see you are using TLS, you may find this useful: Securing Node Redis

If you want to authenticate node-redis client with a different user, when using Redis 6, you will have to use send_command, but before you need to remove the current AUTH command, as currently node-redis doesn't support the new command AUTH <username> <password>.

client['auth'] = null;
client.send_command('AUTH', ['<username>', '<password>'], redis.print);

Upvotes: 5

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