How to Connect to Redis from Go

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2026-04-17T12:05:42+00:00

Connect to Redis from Go using the go-redis library by initializing a client with the server address and verifying the link with a Ping command.

Use the go-redis/redis client library to connect to a Redis server by initializing a client with the server address and calling Ping() to verify the connection.

package main

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
)

func main() {
	rdb := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
		Addr:     "localhost:6379",
		Password: "",
		DB:       0,
	})

	ctx := context.Background()
	_, err := rdb.Ping(ctx).Result()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}