How to start using RDM

After you install RDM the first you need to do in order to start using it is create Connection to your Redis server. On the main screen press button Connect to Redis Server.

Connect to local or public redis-server

On the first tab Connection Settings put general info regarding connection that you are creating.

Name - name of new connection (example: my_local_redis)
Host - redis-server host (example: localhost)
Port - redis-server port (example: 6379)
Auth - redis-server authentication password (http://redis.io/commands/AUTH)

Connect to public redis-server with SSL

If you want to connect to redis-server with SSL you need to enable SSL on the second tab and provide a public key in PEM format. Bellow you can find instructions for particular cloud services.

Windows Azure Redis Cache

Copy Primary key from Azure Portal to AUTH field on first tab
Also Copy SSL port to Port field on first tab
Retrieve current Azure public key and save in azure.pem file:

openssl x509 -in <(openssl s_client -connect YOUR_SERVER:YOUR_SSL_PORT -prexit 2>/dev/null)

NOTE for Windows users: The easiest way to run this command in Windows - MSYS2

4 Provide path to azure.pem file on SSL tab in Public key field

Redislabs

TBD

Connect to private redis-server via SSH tunnel

Basic SSH tunneling

SSH tab is supposed to allow you using SSH tunnel. It's useful if your redis-server is not publicly accessible via a network. To use SSH tunnel select checkbox "Use SSH Tunnel". There are different security options: you can use a plain password or openssh private key.

NOTE for Windows users: Your private key is must be in .pem format.

Advanced SSH tunneling

If you need advanced SSH tunneling you should setup SSH tunnel manually and connect via localhost:

ssh SSH_HOST -L 7000:localhost:6379

Connect to UNIX socket

Redis Desktop Manager doesn't support UNIX sockets directly, but you can use redirecting of local socket to the unix domain socket, for instance with socat:

socat -v tcp-l:6379,reuseaddr,fork unix:/tmp/redis.sock

Advanced connection settings

Use the next tab Advanced settings in order to setup Namespace separator or other settings.

Next steps

Now you can test connection or create connection right away.

Congratulations, now you connected to your Redis Server. You should see something similar to what we showed on our screen.

Click on the connection and expand keys. By clicking the right button, you can see console menu and manage your connection from there.

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