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Last Updated:Sep 02, 2024

Tair allows you to enable password-free access for instances that are deployed in virtual private clouds (VPCs). This feature provides a secure and convenient method to connect to an instance. After password-free access is enabled for a Tair instance that resides in a VPC, clients within the same VPC can access the instance without using passwords. Meanwhile, you can still use a username and a password to connect to the Tair instance.

Precautions

  • After you enable password-free access for your Tair instance, the default account is used to connect to the instance. The username of the default account is the same as the instance ID, such as r-bp1zxszhcgatnx****. The default account has read and write permissions on the instance.

  • For security concerns, if you use a public endpoint to connect to your Tair instance after you enable password-free access for the instance, you still need to enter a password.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Tair console and go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the instance that you want to manage resides. Then, find the instance and click the instance ID.

  2. In the upper-right corner of the Connection Information section, click Enable Password-free Access.

  3. In the panel that appears, read the prompt and click OK.

    Refresh the page. If the text that is displayed on the button is changed from Enable Password-free Access to Disable Password-free Access, password-free access is enabled.

  4. If the instance is deployed in cloud-native mode, add the IP addresses of clients within the same VPC as the instance to a whitelist of the instance to connect the clients to the instance without using passwords.

    If the instance is deployed in classic mode, you can connect a client to the instance without the need to add the IP address of the client to a whitelist of the instance. You can use the #no_loose_check-whitelist-always parameter to control access to classic instances. By default, the #no_loose_check-whitelist-always parameter is set to no. In this case, after password-free access is enabled for a Tair instance, clients within the same VPC as the instance can connect to the instance without the need to add their IP addresses to a whitelist of the instance. For more information, see Parameters that can be configured for Tair instances.

    Note

    You cannot configure the #no_loose_check-whitelist-always parameter for cloud-native instances.

Examples

The following code provides an example on how to connect to an instance for which password-free access is enabled.

Note

For information about how to obtain the endpoint and password used to connect to a Tair instance, see View endpoints and port numbers.

redis-cli

redis-cli -h host -p port
// Example: redis -h r-bp10noxlhcoim2****.redis.rds.aliyuncs.com -p 6379 
.

Jedis

JedisPoolConfig config = new JedisPoolConfig();
// Specify the maximum number of idle connections based on your business needs. The value cannot exceed the maximum number of connections supported by the instance. 
config.setMaxIdle(100);
// Specify the maximum number of connections based on your business needs. The value cannot exceed the maximum number of connections supported by the instance. 
config.setMaxTotal(200);
config.setTestOnBorrow(false);
config.setTestOnReturn(false);
// Replace the values of the host and port parameters with the endpoint and port number of the instance. The password parameter is not required. 
String host = "r-bp10noxlhcoim2****.redis.rds.aliyuncs.com";
int port = 6379;
JedisPool pool = new JedisPool(config, host, port);
Jedis jedis = null;
try
{
    jedis = pool.getResource();
    /// ... do stuff here ... for example
    jedis.set("foo", "bar");
    System.out.println(jedis.get("foo"));
    jedis.zadd("sose", 0, "car");
    jedis.zadd("sose", 0, "bike");
    System.out.println(jedis.zrange("sose", 0, -1));
}
finally
{
    if(jedis != null)
    {
        // Close connections after each API operation is complete. To close a connection, release the connection to the connection pool instead of destroying the connection. 
        jedis.close();
    }
}
// Call this method only once when you exit. 
pool.destroy();

FAQ

  • Why is the (error) ERR illegal address error returned when I use a client to connect to a Tair instance for which password-free access is enabled?

    The IP address of the client is not added to a whitelist of the instance. You can add the IP address of the client to a whitelist of the instance and try again.

Related operations

Click Disable Password-free Access to disable password-free access.

Important

If you disable the password-free access feature for a Tair instance, clients cannot use the feature to connect to the instance.

To prevent this impact on your client, you can change the method that is used to verify the connection of your client to account and password logon in advance.

Related API operations

API operation

Description

ModifyInstanceVpcAuthMode

Enables or disables password-free access for an instance that is deployed in a VPC.