import redis import logging from django.conf import settings logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) def get_redis_client(): """Get Redis client with connection validation""" try: # Create Redis client client = redis.Redis( host=settings.REDIS_HOST, port=getattr(settings, 'REDIS_PORT', 6379), db=settings.REDIS_DB, socket_timeout=5, socket_connect_timeout=5 ) # Validate connection with ping client.ping() logger.info(f"Connected to Redis at {settings.REDIS_HOST}:6379/{settings.REDIS_DB}") return client except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Failed to connect to Redis: {e}") return None # Initialize the global client redis_client = get_redis_client()