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# Redis Connector 5.8

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

Anypoint Connector for Remote Dictionary Server (Redis Connector) is an open source, in-memory data
structure store used to cache user profiles, create leader boards, track real-time activities on a
website, and filter spam. You can use Redis Connector as a message queue, custom object store, and
more.

## Before You Begin

To use this connector, you must be familiar with:

- The Redis API

- Anypoint Connectors

- Mule runtime engine (Mule)

- Elements in a Mule flow

- Global elements

- How to create a Mule app using Anypoint Studio

Before creating an app, you must have access to the Redis target resource.

## Connection Types

> [!NOTE] Starting with Redis Connector 5.7, in addition to password-based authentication, the
> connector supports ACL-based authentication for Redis 6 and later. Set the **Username** field in
> the connection configuration to authenticate using the `AUTH <username> <password>` form. When the
> **Username** field is empty, the connector falls back to the legacy `AUTH <password>` path, which
> remains fully backward compatible.

Redis Connector uses the following connection types:

- Clustered

- NonClustered

- Sentinel

## Next Step

After you complete the prerequisites and experiment with examples, you are ready to create an app
and configure the connector using [Anypoint Studio](https://docs.mulesoft.com/redis-connector/latest/redis-connector-studio).

## See Also

- [Introduction to Anypoint Connectors](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/introduction-to-anypoint-connectors)

- [Use Exchange to Discover Connectors, Templates, and Examples](https://docs.mulesoft.com/connectors/introduction/intro-use-exchange)

- [Redis in Anypoint Exchange](https://www.mulesoft.com/exchange/com.mulesoft.connectors/mule-redis-connector/)

- [Redis in EU Anypoint Exchange](https://eu1.anypoint.mulesoft.com/exchange/com.mulesoft.connectors/mule-redis-connector/)

- [Salesforce Help](https://help.salesforce.com)