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More about Django · Module 9 - Performance and caching

9.4 Redis as a cache backend

20 min
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What we cover

  • CACHES settings and connection options
  • Redis for cache versus Redis for sessions
  • Invalidation with signals and explicit deletes
  • What to do when the cache is unavailable
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After this lesson you will

  • Configure Redis as the Django cache backend
  • Invalidate cached data when content changes

Module 9

9.1Measuring first 9.2Database tuning 9.3Caching layers 9.4Redis as a cache backend