# Is secure storage for Redis necessary?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701 "2022-08-01T16:46:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-secure-storage-for-redis-necessary/234701/1 "2022-08-01T16:46:48Z")

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We are currently trying to install Discourse via helm charts on Kubernetes in GCP, see [here](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/bitnami/discourse).

Now, since it should also cover our prod environment, we must not lose any content brought to Discourse. Of course, we will use a hosted Postgresql DB on GCP, but we were not sure whether we also need a hosted Redis here.

In case, a loss of all data in Redis would not mean, that the Discourse functionality is affected, for instance, by loosing only cached data, then we could just use the Redis in K8s. However, if a loss of Redis has heavier implications, we would need a hosted Redis.

Could you enlighten us here?

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