wtf-bitnami-redis

A replacement for Bitnami Redis Docker images, specifically designed for GitHub service containers and CI/CD environments. This image wraps the official Redis image and provides password authentication through environment variables.

Why this exists

Bitnami yanked their open source Redis images, and the official Redis image requires overriding the CMD to set a password or any options, which is not supported by GitHub service containers. This wrapper solves that problem by providing a clean way to set Redis passwords through environment variables.

Features

• 🔐 Password authentication via REDIS_PASSWORD environment variable
• 🐳 Based on official Redis Alpine image for minimal size
• 🚀 Perfect for GitHub Actions service containers
• 🏗️ Multi-architecture support (amd64, arm64)
• ⚡ Automatic CI/CD builds and tagging

Usage

Docker

# Run Redis without password
docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 ghcr.io/nrfta/wtf-bitnami-redis:latest

# Run Redis with password
docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 -e REDIS_PASSWORD=mypassword ghcr.io/nrfta/wtf-bitnami-redis:latest

GitHub Actions Service Container

services:
  redis:
    image: ghcr.io/nrfta/wtf-bitnami-redis:latest
    env:
      REDIS_PASSWORD: testpassword
    ports:
      - 6379:6379
    options: --health-cmd "redis-cli -a testpassword ping" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5

Docker Compose

version: '3.8'
services:
  redis:
    image: ghcr.io/nrfta/wtf-bitnami-redis:latest
    environment:
      - REDIS_PASSWORD=mypassword
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
REDIS_PASSWORD	Password for Redis authentication	(none)

Available Tags

• latest - Latest build from main branch
• 7 - Redis version 7.x
• Specific version tags following Redis releases

Connecting with Password

When REDIS_PASSWORD is set, you'll need to authenticate:

# Using redis-cli
redis-cli -a mypassword

# Using connection string
redis://default:mypassword@localhost:6379

Building Locally

git clone https://github.com/nrfta/wtf-bitnami-redis.git
cd wtf-bitnami-redis
docker build -t wtf-bitnami-redis .

# Test without password
docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 wtf-bitnami-redis

# Test with password
docker run --rm -p 6379:6379 -e REDIS_PASSWORD=test wtf-bitnami-redis

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.