The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofCloudRedisClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedCloudRedisConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which are used to manage and configure Cloud Memorystore for Redis instances.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt also outlines several retry and backoff policies applicable to \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e such as \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, alongside the \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e class.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page details functions, like \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which creates an object of type \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e, and outlines how to use various option lists for connection configuration.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::redis_v1 (2.21.0)\n\nVersion 2.21.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [CloudRedisClient](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient)\n\nConfigures and manages Cloud Memorystore for Redis instances.\n\n### [CloudRedisConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) object for [`CloudRedisClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient).\n\n### [CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudRedisRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [CloudRedisPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [CloudRedisRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeCloudRedisConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [CloudRedisClient](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::redis_v1::CloudRedisPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultCloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### CloudRedisPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c CloudRedisRetryPolicyOption, CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption, CloudRedisPollingPolicyOption, CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to CloudRedis."]]
