Redis OpenTelemetry Assets

Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, message broker, and streaming engine. It delivers sub-millisecond latency for most operations and supports a rich set of data structures.

This content pack provides dashboards, alert rules, and SLO templates for Redis instances monitored using the OpenTelemetry Redis receiver. The assets cover memory usage, connection management, keyspace health, replication status, persistence metrics, and command latency.

The Redis OpenTelemetry assets have been tested with OpenTelemetry Redis receiver v0.145.0.

Redis tested against:

• Redis 6.x, 7.x

You need Elasticsearch for storing and searching your data and Kibana for visualizing and managing it. You can use our hosted Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud, which is recommended, or self-manage the Elastic Stack on your own hardware.

The Redis receiver connects to Redis using the INFO, SLOWLOG, and CLIENT LIST commands. Ensure the collector can reach the Redis instance over the network. If Redis is protected by a password, configure it in the receiver (see placeholder table below). No additional Redis-side configuration is required for basic metrics collection.

Add the Redis receiver to your OpenTelemetry Collector or Elastic Distribution of OpenTelemetry (EDOT) Collector configuration. Wire it to the elasticsearch/otel exporter with mapping.mode: otel so metrics are stored in the correct format for the dashboards, alerts, and SLOs.

receivers:
  redis:
    endpoint: <REDIS_ENDPOINT>
    collection_interval: 10s
    # password: ${env:REDIS_PASSWORD}
    metrics:
      redis.cmd.latency:
        enabled: true
      redis.maxmemory:
        enabled: true
exporters:
  elasticsearch/otel:
    endpoints: [<ES_ENDPOINT>]
    api_key: <ES_API_KEY>
    mapping:
      mode: otel
service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [redis]
      exporters: [elasticsearch/otel]
		

1. Uncomment if Redis requires authentication
2. disabled by default — required for P99 latency SLO
3. disabled by default — required for Memory approaching maxmemory alert

Refer to the metadata.yaml of the OpenTelemetry Redis receiver for details on available metrics.

This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed.

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