Redis Recipe — C# (.NET) — REFERENCE ONLY

ASP.NET Core Distributed Cache Setup

NuGet Packages

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="8.0.*" />
<PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.13.*" />

Program.cs (additions)

Add these lines — do NOT replace the existing file:

using Azure.Identity;
using StackExchange.Redis;

var redisHost = builder.Configuration["REDIS_HOST"];
var configOptions = ConfigurationOptions.Parse($"{redisHost}:6380");
configOptions.Ssl = true;
configOptions.AbortOnConnectFail = false;

// ConfigureForAzureWithTokenCredentialAsync handles automatic token renewal
await configOptions.ConfigureForAzureWithTokenCredentialAsync(
    new DefaultAzureCredential());

builder.Services.AddStackExchangeRedisCache(options =>
{
    options.ConfigurationOptions = configOptions;
    options.InstanceName = "app:";
});

💡 ConfigureForAzureWithTokenCredentialAsync manages token acquisition and renewal automatically — no manual token refresh required.

Usage

using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Distributed;

app.MapGet("/api/cached", async (IDistributedCache cache) =>
{
    var value = await cache.GetStringAsync("my-key");
    if (value is null)
    {
        value = "computed-value";
        await cache.SetStringAsync("my-key", value,
            new DistributedCacheEntryOptions { AbsoluteExpirationRelativeToNow = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5) });
    }
    return Results.Ok(new { value });
});

Files to Modify