Redis-cli with password

Question

I am using redis and trying to open CLI of redis using this:

$redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 -a mysupersecretpassword

and getting and error :

(error) NOAUTH Authentication required

why so ?

Totaquine

Are you using the correct password? What is your Redis and redis-cli versions? And I am I correct in assuming that the error is provided only after you actually try to type a command at the cli's prompt? – Lanthorn

if I use $redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 then if authenticate its working. And my redis version is 3.0.3 – Totaquine

Is it possible that your super secret password is parsed by the shell, i.e. contains magic characters? – Lanthorn

Answer 1

If you have a '$' in your password then it won't work. So set the password without the "$".

Swordplay

Just put the password in quote... don't need to remove the $ – Broadloom

Answer 2

My solution is put the password in single quotes like:

$redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 -a 'thisizmy!PASS' 

Circumambulate

Answer 3

If you have '$' in your password, make sure to enclose the password with single quotes. Then it will work.

Tiphanie

Answer 4

Maybe this would usefull to someone. If you have already open the redis-cli console window, you can type the authentication like this:

auth 'your-password'

and then the console would response with OK

Falkirk

Answer 5

If you're using Redis Access Control List - ACL (Redis 6 and above), you log in with --user and --pass:

redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 --user redis_user --pass 'redis_password'

or if you are already in redis-cli console you can authenticate with:

auth redis_user 'redis_password'

Panatella