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Here is how you do it:
var redis_config = config.redis;
var session = require('express-session');
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(session);
var redis = require('redis');
var client = redis.createClient(redis_config.port, redis_config.host);
// These 3 has to be declared in this order
app.use(session({
store: new RedisStore({
host: redis_config.host,
port: redis_config.port,
client: client,
logErrors: true,
}),
secret: 'your-secret-goes-here',
maxAge: Date.now() + (15 * 86400 * 1000),
saveUninitialized: false,
resave: false,
secure: false,
}));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
Note the order of app.use() statements for session and passportJS initialization.
As you may see, Redis usually only needs a hostname and port for establishing a connection.