StackExchange.Redis: No connection is available to service this operation: SET

Question

I created a Console Application running on .NET Core 1.1 and I'm referencing the StackExchange.Redis NuGet package, version 1.2.3

When running the code below, I get the following error:

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

using StackExchange.Redis;
using System;

namespace RedisConsoleApp
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ConnectionMultiplexer redis = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("localhost");
            IDatabase db = redis.GetDatabase();
            db.StringSet(BitConverter.GetBytes(5), "asdf");
        }
    }
}

If I change the Connect string to "localhost,abortConnect=false" , then I get this error message:

No connection is available to service this operation: SET \0\0\0; SocketFailure on localhost:6379/Subscription, origin: Error, input-buffer: 0, outstanding: 0, last-read: 1s ago, last-write: 1s ago, unanswered-write: 27780s ago, keep-alive: 60s, pending: 0, state: Connecting, last-heartbeat: never, last-mbeat: -1s ago, global: 20s ago

I followed the Basics guide to get started using this library but I keep getting the errors above.

Am I missing some code or configuration?

Answer 1

It sounds like you might have only set up the StackExchange.Redis client, did you install and start up your local Redis server? If not, use HomeBrew to download and install Redis on your machine

brew install redis
brew services start redis

and start the server with

redis-server

Answer 2

Try adding ssl=True,abortConnect=False,sslprotocols=tls12 under your connection string