support SSL for redis (#122)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 03f4472..87d6a86 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
apt-get install -y curl && \
apt-get update && \
apt-get remove -y nodejs && \
- curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash - && \
+ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash - && \
apt-get install -y nodejs
# only package.json
diff --git a/provider/app.js b/provider/app.js
index 9ba5f98..afd880d 100755
--- a/provider/app.js
+++ b/provider/app.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Service which can be configured to listen for triggers from a provider.
* The Provider will store, invoke, and POST whisk events appropriately.
*/
+var URL = require('url').URL;
var http = require('http');
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
@@ -129,9 +130,20 @@
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
if (redisUrl) {
+ var client;
var redis = require('redis');
bluebird.promisifyAll(redis.RedisClient.prototype);
- var client = redis.createClient(redisUrl);
+ if (redisUrl.startsWith('rediss://')) {
+ // If this is a rediss: connection, we have some other steps.
+ client = redis.createClient(redisUrl, {
+ tls: { servername: new URL(redisUrl).hostname }
+ });
+ // This will, with node-redis 2.8, emit an error:
+ // "node_redis: WARNING: You passed "rediss" as protocol instead of the "redis" protocol!"
+ // This is a bogus message and should be fixed in a later release of the package.
+ } else {
+ client = redis.createClient(redisUrl);
+ }
client.on('connect', function () {
resolve(client);
