# Does discourse supports redis username?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-supports-redis-username/270725
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 6, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-supports-redis-username/270725 "2023-07-06T05:32:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![some1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@some1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/some1)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-supports-redis-username/270725/1 "2023-07-06T05:32:54Z")

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I have searched through the forum but couldn’t find anything. Also the [global var](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/discourse_defaults.conf) doesn’t have any mention of redis username. Is default user the only option to connect with redis?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-supports-redis-username/270725/2 "2023-07-06T08:39:53Z")

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That’s how it looks to me too.