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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instances.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation also includes information on how to configure the behavior of the client using various options, such as retry and backoff policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe library offers functions like \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which creates a connection object that is used in the \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisClient\u003c/code\u003e constructor, and it also defines several type aliases, such as \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::redis_v1 (2.13.0)\n\nVersion 2.13.0keyboard_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/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient)\n\nConfigures and manages Cloud Memorystore for Redis instances.\n\n### [CloudRedisConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) object for [`CloudRedisClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient).\n\n### [CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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/2.13.0/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### CloudRedisRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::TraitBasedRetryPolicy\u003c redis_v1_internal::CloudRedisRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c redis_v1_internal::CloudRedisRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\n\n**Alias Of** : `::google::cloud::internal::LimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c redis_v1_internal::CloudRedisRetryTraits \u003e` \n\n### CloudRedisPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c CloudRedisRetryPolicyOption, CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption, CloudRedisPollingPolicyOption, CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to CloudRedis."]]
