How to migrate sessions from MySQL to Redis

WARNING: If you have Taxi Ride on your Siberian, Redis will break it.

 

Note for “Chatrooms / Realtime Chat”: Redis will work with Chatrooms starting at version 1.6.0

If you have a lot of users, and your server can be slowed down, you may want to set up a Redis server instance to take care of your Sessions.

Requirements:

  • A Redis server
  • The php-redis plugin

 

Once your Redis server is running and configured, reach your Backoffice > Settings > Advanced > Configuration:

Enter your “Redis enpoint” and the “Redis AUTH KEY“, then click on 

Once done, change the “Session handler” to Redis, and 

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