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 object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e function creates a \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, which can be configured using various options from different option lists.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSeveral retry policies and their configuration options, such as \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eCloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, are available for managing connection retries.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::redis_v1 (2.20.0)\n\nVersion 2.20.0keyboard_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/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient)\n\nConfigures and manages Cloud Memorystore for Redis instances.\n\n### [CloudRedisConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) object for [`CloudRedisClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisClient).\n\n### [CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudRedisRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudRedisConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1redis__v1_1_1CloudRedisConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudRedisBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/redis/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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/2.20.0/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."]]
