Serverless Database for Redis® with durable storage and low latency.

Upstash for Redis®*

Last updated August 24, 2022

Upstash is a serverless database with Redis API and durable storage. It provides:

Upstash supports the Redis client protocol up to version 6.2.

Installing the Add-on

Install Upstash Redis with the command:

heroku addons:create upstash-redis

After installation, your application has the following environment variables configured:

UPSTASH_REDIS_URL: The full Redis URL that includes the password and endpoint. You can use this URL in Redis libraries in your application code.

UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL: The endpoint to connect to the REST API for your redis database. Upstash has an official REST API SDK.

UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_TOKEN: The credential to connect to the REST API.

You can find more information about the REST API in Upstash’s documentation

Use the UPSTASH_REDIS_URL with Redis clients. UPSTASH_REDIS_REST_URL is for the Upstash SDK and API.

After provisioning the database, you can see Upstash Redis in the Resources tab of the Heroku Dashboard.

Clicking on Upstash redirects you to the Upstash Console for your database. There are code samples for connecting to your database on this page.

Upstash Console to Connect Your database

For ease of use, Upstash provides a Data Explorer and CLI in the Console. You can browse your data using this functionality.

Data Browser

Console CLI to execute Redis commands:

CLI

It’s possible to change from your current plan to another. For example:

heroku addons:upgrade upstash-redis:3g

You can see all available plans here.

You can remove Upstash Redis with the following command:

This action destroys all associated data and can’t be undone!

heroku addons:destroy upstash-redis

If you have any questions, please send Upstash an email at support@upstash.com.

You can join the Upstash discord channel.

Check Upstash’s documentation for more about its features and example projects.