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A Redis implementation of the Orleans Storage Provider model. Uses the Azure Redis Cache to persist grain states.

Install-Package RedisStorage

Decorate your grain with the StorageProvider attribute matching the name you added from config e.g.

[StorageProvider(ProviderName = "RedisStore")]

and in your OrleansConfiguration.xml configure the RedisStorage provider like this:

<Provider Type="Orleans.StorageProviders.RedisStorage" Name="RedisStore"
    RedisConnectionString="<youraccount>.redis.cache.windows.net,abortConnect=false,ssl=true,password=<yourkey>"/>

These settings will enable the redis cache to act as the store for grains that have

• State
• Need to persist their state

The following attributes can be used on the <Provider/> tag to configure the provider:

• UseJsonFormat="true/false" (optional) Defaults to true, if set to false the Orleans binary serializer is used (this is recommended, as the JSON serializer is unable to serialize certain types).
• RedisConnectionString="..." (required) the connection string to your redis database (i.e. <youraccount>.redis.cache.windows.net,abortConnect=false,ssl=true,password=<yourkey>)
• DatabaseNumber="1" (optional) the number of the redis database to connect to

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