Issue with Redis Configuration in Kubernetes for Sysrepo Compilation

[VishalGujela]

Hi,

I’ve been trying to set up Redis inside a Kubernetes cluster, but I'm facing an issue when compiling Sysrepo. As mentioned in the CMakeLists.txt of Sysrepo, the Redis configuration parameters need to be provided during the compilation:
**CMake

Redis username, password, host, and port for the client

set(REDIS_USERNAME "" CACHE STRING "Username for Redis user, all operations are done via this client in case Redis plugin is supported. If not provided, no authentication is done.")
set(REDIS_PASSWORD "" CACHE STRING "Password for Redis user in case Redis plugin is supported.")
set(REDIS_HOST "192.167.67.100" CACHE STRING "Host for the Redis client to connect to.")
set(REDIS_PORT 6379 CACHE STRING "Port for the Redis client to connect to.")**
However, since Redis is running inside Kubernetes with a dynamically assigned IP, I’m unable to ping the specified IP address (192.167.67.100) during the compilation process.

How should I proceed with the compilation if Redis is not reachable by this static IP? Is there an alternative way to configure Sysrepo when Redis is running inside a Kubernetes environment with dynamic IPs?

Thanks,
Vishal

[michalvasko]

The plugin was implemented generally assuming it will be used locally but it can also connect to a specific IP address. Your use-case is not supported currently. You can provide a patch if you want but I do not think there is a simple way to support this. An environment variable would work but seems like an unsafe way for communicating this kind of information.