Rack::Session, Rack::Cache and cache Redis stores for Ruby web frameworks

Installation

Download and install Redis from http://code.google.com/p/redis/

curl -OL http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-1.02.tar.gz
tar -zxvf redis-1.02.tar.gz
mv redis-1.02 redis
cd redis
make

Install the gems

sudo gem install redis-rb redis-store

Cache store

Provides a cache store for your Ruby web framework of choice.

Rails

config.gem "redis-store", :source => "http://gemcutter.org", :lib => "redis-store"
require "redis-store"
config.cache_store = :redis_store

Merb

dependency "redis-store", "0.3.7"
dependency("merb-cache", merb_gems_version) do
  Merb::Cache.setup do
    register(:redis, Merb::Cache::RedisStore, :servers => ["127.0.0.1:6379"])
  end
end

Sinatra

require "sinatra"
require "redis-store"
class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
  register Sinatra::Cache
  get "/hi" do
    cache.fetch("greet") { "Hello, World!" }
  end
end

Rack::Session

Provides a Redis store for Rack::Session. See http://rack.rubyforge.org/doc/Rack/Session.html

Rack application

require "rack"
require "redis-store"
require "application"
use Rack::Session::Redis
run Application.new

Rails

config.gem "redis-store", :source => "http://gemcutter.org", :lib => "redis-store"
ActionController::Base.session_store = Rack::Session::Redis

Merb

dependency "redis-store", "0.3.7"
Merb::Config.use do |c|
  c[:session_store] = "redis"
end
Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
  Merb::SessionContainer.subclasses << "Merb::RedisSession"
end

Sinatra

Sorry, but Sinatra application boot system hardcode Rack::Session::Cookie

Rack::Cache

Provides a Redis store for HTTP caching. See http://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache

require "rack"
require "rack/cache"
require "redis-store"
require "application"
use Rack::Cache,
  :metastore   => 'redis://localhost:6379/0',
  :entitystore => 'redis://localhost:6380/1'
run Application.new

Running specs

gem install jeweler bundler
git clone git://github.com/jodosha/redis-store.git
cd redis-store
gem bundle
rake dtach:install
rake redis:install
rake

If you are on Snow Leopard you have to run env ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64" gem bundle

Copyright

(c) 2009 Luca Guidi - http://lucaguidi.com, released under the MIT license