"Options for running Redis (Valkey/etc), locally or as-a-service", w/ C Arehart
Details
We're happy to announce the next Online ColdFusion Meetup to be held Thursday Sep 19th at 12pm US Eastern Time, UTC-4:
"Options for running Redis (or Valkey, etc.), locally or as-a-service", with Charlie Arehart
Meeting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGz89BsCG0&list=PLG2EHzEbhy0-QirMKgSxhjkUyTSSTvHjL
TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)
You may be considering use of Redis (or alternatives like Valkey), whether for caching or as a document store/db or as an alternative repository for sessions (such as is an option for ColdFusion sessions since CF2016). But before you can USE Redis you need to have some IMPLEMENTATION of it. In this session, veteran server troubleshooter Charlie Arehart will review different approaches for implementing Redis (and/or Valkey, and other plug-compatible replacements): with most approaches being free, while some come at a cost.
We'll review options first for installing it (including challenges and solutions for Windows machines), then options for running it via Docker/containers, or finally on a VM (or WSL). Then we'll identify cloud service implementations of Redis, and not only from AWS, Azure, and GCP, but also online services focused specifically on offering Redis (or alternatives) as-a-service--some free and some at a cost. Different options will appeal to different folks, but you really can be at least testing/demonstrating your possible use of Redis within minutes, for free, and that's the main motivation for this talk. (I have another talk focused more on using Redis for sessions in CF and Lucee, which I will be offering at the Adobe CF Summit on Sep 30. This talk supplements that one.)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER(s): (provided by the speaker)
A veteran server troubleshooter with over thirty years' experience in enterprise IT, Charlie Arehart (@carehart) is a longtime contributor to the CF community and Adobe Community Professional. As an independent consultant, he provides remote, short-term, and even on-demand troubleshooting/tuning assistance for organizations of all sizes and experience levels (carehart.org/consulting).
RECORDINGS:
All meetings are recorded. As a Youtube live meeting, the URL offered here is the link to the recording as well. But the URL will also be posted after meeting at https://recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com, and via the Youtube playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG2EHzEbhy0-QirMKgSxhjkUyTSSTvHjL).
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