== Redis Module

This module periodically fetches metrics from http://redis.io/[Redis] servers.

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=== Module-Specific Configuration Notes

The Redis module has these additional config options:

*`password`*:: The password to authenticate, by default it's empty.
*`idle_timeout`*:: The duration to remain idle before closing connections. If
  the value is zero, then idle connections are not closed. The default value
  is 2 times the module period to allow a connection to be reused across
  fetches. The `idle_timeout` should be set to less than the server's connection
  timeout.
*`network`*:: The network type to be used for the Redis connection. The default value is
  `tcp`.
*`maxconn`*:: The maximum number of concurrent connections to Redis. The default value
  is 10.


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=== Compatibility

The Redis metricsets were tested with Redis 3.2.4 and are expected to work with all version
>= 3.0.
