Redis Watcher

Redis Watcher is the Redis watcher for Node-Casbin. With this library, Node-Casbin can synchronize policy changes across multiple enforcer instances via Redis pub/sub.

This watcher is based on ioredis and supports both single Redis instances and Redis clusters.

Installation

npm install @casbin/redis-watcher

Note: The old package name redis-watcher has been deprecated on NPM. Please use @casbin/redis-watcher instead.

Simple Example

Using Redis:

import { RedisWatcher } from '@casbin/redis-watcher';
import { newEnforcer } from 'casbin';

async function myFunction() {
    // Initialize the watcher
    // See https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/master/API.md#new-redisport-host-options
    const watcher = await RedisWatcher.newWatcher('redis://localhost:6379/5');

    // Initialize the enforcer
    const enforcer = await newEnforcer('examples/authz_model.conf', 'examples/authz_policy.csv');

    // Set the watcher for the enforcer
    enforcer.setWatcher(watcher);

    // Update the policy
    await enforcer.addPolicy('alice', 'data1', 'read');
    
    // The policy change will be synchronized to other enforcers via Redis pub/sub
}

Using Redis Cluster:

import { RedisWatcher } from '@casbin/redis-watcher';
import { newEnforcer } from 'casbin';

async function myFunction() {
    // Initialize the watcher with Redis cluster
    // See https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/master/API.md#new-clusterstartupnodes-options
    const watcher = await RedisWatcher.newWatcherWithCluster([
        { port: 7000, host: 'localhost' },
        { port: 7001, host: 'localhost' },
        { port: 7002, host: 'localhost' }
    ]);

    // Initialize the enforcer
    const enforcer = await newEnforcer('examples/authz_model.conf', 'examples/authz_policy.csv');

    // Set the watcher for the enforcer
    enforcer.setWatcher(watcher);

    // Update the policy
    await enforcer.addPolicy('bob', 'data2', 'write');
    
    // The policy change will be synchronized to other enforcers via Redis pub/sub
}

Getting Help

• Node-Casbin
• Casbin Forum

License

This project is under Apache 2.0 License. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.