Session caching using Redis

deval.sutaria
prateekjain

Many Drupal site struggle with slow performance. There may be many reasons but one of them is use of database for drupal's cache. If redis is used for caching drupal and session data, performance can be improved drastically.

Target Audience: This session will be beginner level session and anybody with basic Drupal knowledge in general can attend this.

Covered topics:

- Why do we need Session caching in Redis?

- We will start with introduction to Redis and how does it help to improve performance of site.

 Then we will move to SessionProxy API and what is role of this API for configuring session caching in Redis

- Finally, a short demo on how to configure SessionProxy for caching sessions data in Redis.

 

Session Track

Coding and Development

Experience Level

Beginner

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