Nuxt•2w ago

Session with Redis backend

Hi. I'm trying Nuxt to replace our current stack. And I having problems trying to find a solution to save session on Redis. We need to run multiple instances and have a centralized backend for sessions. I could not find a way to add a custom backend for nuxt-auth-utils. Is there another package that solve this issue or do I need to code my own solution? Thanks.

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kapa.ai•2w ago

Hi @AlfaEx. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- Based on the available knowledge sources, there is no official documentation or recipe that directly explains how to use Redis as a session backend with nuxt-auth-utils in Nuxt 3. The nuxt-auth-utils recipe mentions session management and references a more robust example repo, but it does not provide details about plugging in a custom backend like Redis. However, Nuxt 3 (via Nitro) supports using Redis as a storage backend through the unstorage module. You can configure Redis as a storage driver in your nuxt.config.ts using the nitro.storage option. This allows you to use Redis for storing key-value data, which could be leveraged for session storage if you implement your own session logic. Here’s an example configuration:

import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt/config'

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  nitro: {
    storage: {
      redis: {
        driver: 'redis',
        port: process.env.REDIS_PORT,
        host: process.env.REDIS_HOST,
        password: process.env.REDIS_PASS,
        db: 0
      }
    }
  }
})

import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt/config'

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  nitro: {
    storage: {
      redis: {
        driver: 'redis',
        port: process.env.REDIS_PORT,
        host: process.env.REDIS_HOST,
        password: process.env.REDIS_PASS,
        db: 0
      }
    }
  }
})

You must install the ioredis package for this to work. The Redis driver supports both single instance and cluster modes, and you can use it in your server routes or API handlers to store and retrieve session data as needed. See the unstorage Redis driver documentation for more details. If you need session management tightly integrated with authentication, you may need to implement your own session logic using the Redis storage, as there is no direct plug-and-play support for custom session backends in nuxt-auth-utils according to the current knowledge sources. Alternatively, you could look into other authentication packages, but the sources do not mention any that natively support Redis-backed sessions for Nuxt 3. In summary:
- Nuxt 3 supports Redis as a storage backend via unstorage/Nitro. - There is no out-of-the-box way to use Redis as a session backend with nuxt-auth-utils. - You will likely need to implement your own session logic using the Redis storage driver in your API/server routes. If you need more advanced session/auth integration, you may need to code your own solution or monitor the ecosystem for future updates that add this capability.
Redis driver documentation
nuxt-auth-utils recipe PR ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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