Azure Session State It was not possible to connect to the redis server(s)

Question

I did all the steps from this tutorial ( http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/05/12/announcing-asp-net-session-state-provider-for-redis-preview-release.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage )

• Created new MVC Web Site
• Added Nuget package
• Modified the Web.Config to reflect my Azure Redis

But, everytime i try to run my project, i get the following error message :

It was not possible to connect to the redis server(s); to create a disconnected multiplexer, disable AbortOnConnectFail. SocketFailure on PING

What am I missing?

Answer 1

By default, non-ssl port 6379 is disable for azure redis cache. Use ssl = "true" in web.config and everything should work fine.

If you don't want to use SSL then go to https://portal.azure.com and for you redis cache enable non-ssl port by going through Settings -> Access Ports -> Allow access only via SSL and click on "NO" and save.

Recommended and secure way is to use SSL.