Redis on SAP BTP - Populate a dataset to Redis cache instance using redis-cli data import

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In the below blog post we are going to learn how to populate a dataset to Redis instance using redis-cli data import, for testing purposes.

Access and download data samples ready to use as Redis datasets from https://github.com/Redis-Developer/redis-datasets/tree/movie-dataset/movie-database 

Follow the below steps:

1️⃣ Download a data sample

In our example, we are going to import 2 datasets, previous downloaded to a local folder from the above source url. The 2 datasets are the below:

2️⃣  Import the datasets 

For importing the datasets, we will use redis-cli below commands:

redis-cli --tls -c -p 6666 -a <password> < ./Downloads/redis_sample/import_movies.redis

redis-cli --tls -c -p 6666 -a <password> < ./Downloads/redis_sample/import_actors.redis

Note: To learn on how to connect from your local pc to the Redis instance, using a SSH connection,  please read this blog.

👉  Important: it’s mandatory the use of TLS for security reasons, we need run the import commands with the --tls connection parameter.

⚠️  Attention: Redis on SAP BTP service is a cache service and SAP is not providing the service with data persistence capabilities.

3️⃣  Query the dataset using ‘redis-cli’ commands

Connect to the Redis instance (via --tls using ssh port) and run GET command to query the upload data.

redis-cli --tls -c -p 6666 -a <password

By querying (GET) the loaded dataset, you can retrieve information about the movies and actors, based on the previous imported datasets, as shown below.

If you want to learn more about the service check also:

• Redis on SAP BTP - INDEX of official blog posts

Please refer always to the product official documentation at SAP Help Portal.

Thanks for your reading,

SAP BTP Backing Services – Product Management