Is there a way to change AWS ElastiCache Redis Version to 6.2? - redis

My ElastiCache Redis version is on 6.0.5. But I want to use 6.2. According to AWS you can't specify the exact v6.x version.
I want to know if it's possible to upgrade it manually or something.

I’ve looked into this and was unable to find a way to use ElastiCache with Redis 6.2. Instead, I have deployed Redis in docker with ECS and Fargate in a Redis 6.2 dockerfile. Not as turnkey as ElastiCache though, I’m afraid.

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Can I run RediSearch on a separate server then redis?

Originally was trying to install RediSearch ontop of Aws ElastiCache but it seems they dont support modules in their managed service (makes sense).
Then I was looking into running RediSearch on a separate EC2 instance with my VPC instance that would allow me to utilize it while not having to install it in ElastiCache directly.
Is this possible?
Thanks!
RediSearch is available as a service on Redis Enterprise Cloud from Redis Labs on AWS, Azure and GCP.

Can redis-py reliably use AWS ElastiCache Redis cluster?

I am trying to move away from a single AWS ElastiCache (Redis) server as Celery broker to a Redis cluster. Trouble is - nowhere in the Celery or redis-py documentation can I find the way to connect to the AWS RedisCluster.
redis-py that is used by Celery to communicate with the Redis server can be configured to use Redis Sentinel, but AWS does not support it (at least I did not find sentinel support in the AWS ElastiCache documentation).
So is there a way to communicate somehow with the ElastiCache Redis cluster using redis-py, or, is there a way to instruct Celery to use redis-py-cluster (a separate project)?
Elasticache should give you a configuration endpoint address that you can use for connecting to celery. Just use that endpoint in either the setting for the broker_url or results_backend.

AWS Elasticache Redis version with StackExchange.Redis

Which version of AWS Elasticache Redis is the StackExchange.Redis client SDK compatible with? Can it support Redis 4.0 which AWS offers?
I've not been able to find an answer to this question.

Why do we need Redis for running CKAN?

I was wondering why do we need Redis server for running CKAN.
If needed, why? And How do I configure it with CKAN?
p.s
I am running my ckan instance in RHEL7.
Update: Redis has been a requirement since CKAN 2.7, when a new system for asynchronous background jobs was introduced which relies on Redis. You can configure the Redis connection using the ckan.redis.url option.
Redis is not required for the current version of CKAN (2.6.2 at the time of this writing), it's not even mentioned in the CKAN 2.6.2 documentation.
However, the upcoming 2.7 release will require Redis for its new system of asynchronous background jobs. Redis will be configured using the new ckan.redis.url option.

Redis Cluster Support in Redis 2.8.19

I just started evaluating Redis. I am using Redis 2.8.19 which the most latest stable release. Redis 2.9 is still unstable and Redis 3.0 is just available for developer's preview (not recommended for production). I was tryin to setus a cluster of Redis and when I changed my redis.conf and appended
cluster-enabled yes
cluster-config-file nodes.conf
cluster-node-timeout 5000
and started my Redis server by
src/redis-server ./redis.conf
it gave me an error as follows
* FATAL CONFIG FILE ERROR *
Reading the configuration file, at line 2
'cluster-enabled yes'
Bad directive or wrong number of arguments
I googled the error and got to know that my version (2.8.19) does not support cluster. I was still unable to fine any such specification in Redis Docs. My question is simple. Does Redis 2.8.19 supports redis cluster configuration? Or I have to upgrade to Redis 2.9 or Redis 3.0. I am evaluating Redis because I need to deploy it in production. Please guide.
Redis Cluster support is only for versions >= 3.0.0. Redis 3.0.0 will be released as a stable version in a matter of days, it's a good idea to use it if you want to use Cluster. The cluster support is considered to be stable, however for it to be considered mature we want to see adoption. Btw there is already at least a very large site using it in production. Currently the most sane thing to do if you need Redis Cluster is to test it for your use case, and if it looks great, use it.
Redis cluster is supported only in Redis 3.0+ (which is now stable). I have written a simple API called "Simple Redis Cluster Client" which can be used in redis's sub 3.0 versions for running in a cluster like mode (Not precisely a cluster, it just distributes keys among redis nodes based on the key's hashcode, You can have a look # https://github.com/prash-mi/simple-redis-cluster-client
Cluster support for Redis is only from v3 - v2.8.19 doesn't do clustering.