Presentation

Presentation materials for introducing redisctl to your team.

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The presentation covers:

• The problem: No CLI tooling for Redis Cloud/Enterprise
• The solution: redisctl's four-layer architecture
• Demo: Profile setup, Cloud operations, Enterprise operations
• Raw API access for any endpoint
• Support package automation
• Output formats and JMESPath queries
• Async operation handling
• Use cases by persona
• Installation and getting started

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Quick Pitch

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redisctl is the first CLI for Redis Cloud and Enterprise. Type-safe API clients, async operation handling, support package automation, and structured output for scripting.

Demo Script

1. Setup (30 seconds)

# Show installation
brew install redis-developer/homebrew-tap/redisctl

# Configure profile
redisctl profile set demo \
  --enterprise-url "https://cluster:9443" \
  --enterprise-user "admin@cluster.local" \
  --enterprise-password "$PASSWORD"

2. Basic Commands (1 minute)

# Cluster info
redisctl enterprise cluster get

# List databases
redisctl enterprise database list

# JSON output with filtering
redisctl enterprise database list -o json -q '[].{name: name, memory: memory_size}'

3. License & Cluster Management (1 minute)

# Check license status
redisctl enterprise license get

# Check license usage against limits
redisctl enterprise license usage

# View cluster policy
redisctl enterprise cluster get-policy

4. Support Package (30 seconds)

# The killer feature
redisctl enterprise support-package cluster --optimize --upload

5. Raw API Access (30 seconds)

# Any endpoint
redisctl api enterprise get /v1/nodes

# Compare to curl
curl -k -u "user:pass" https://cluster:9443/v1/nodes | jq

Total demo time: ~4 minutes

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MCP Demo Script (AI Integration)

For customers interested in AI-driven automation:

1. Start MCP Server

# Start with Enterprise profile (read-only by default)
redisctl-mcp --profile demo

# Or with write operations enabled
redisctl-mcp --profile demo --read-only=false

2. Configure Claude Desktop / Cursor / etc.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redisctl": {
      "command": "redisctl-mcp",
      "args": ["--profile", "demo"]
    }
  }
}

3. Example Prompts to Demo

• "What's our license status and when does it expire?"
• "Show me all databases and their memory usage"
• "Which nodes have the most shards?"
• "Are there any active alerts on the cluster?"
• "Check the cluster policy settings"

4. Write Operations (if enabled)

• "Enable maintenance mode for tonight's upgrade"
• "Update the cluster policy to use sparse shard placement"
• "Create a new 2GB database called test-cache"

Total MCP demo time: ~5 minutes

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Multi-Cluster Management Demo

For customers managing multiple Redis Enterprise clusters:

The Problem

The Redis Enterprise UI manages ONE cluster at a time. Customers with multiple clusters need to: - Log into each UI separately - Manually aggregate information across clusters - No unified view of license usage, database inventory, or alerts

The Solution

redisctl provides unified multi-cluster management through profiles:

1. Configure Multiple Clusters

# Add each cluster as a profile
redisctl profile create cluster-west --type enterprise \
  --enterprise-url https://west.example.com:9443 \
  --enterprise-user admin@redis.local \
  --enterprise-password "$PASSWORD"

redisctl profile create cluster-east --type enterprise \
  --enterprise-url https://east.example.com:9443 \
  --enterprise-user admin@redis.local \
  --enterprise-password "$PASSWORD"

redisctl profile create cluster-central --type enterprise \
  --enterprise-url https://central.example.com:9443 \
  --enterprise-user admin@redis.local \
  --enterprise-password "$PASSWORD"

2. Cross-Cluster CLI Queries

# Check all clusters at once
for p in cluster-west cluster-east cluster-central; do
  echo "=== $p ==="
  redisctl -p $p enterprise cluster get -o json -q '{name: name, nodes: nodes_count}'
done

# Total memory across all clusters
total=0
for p in cluster-west cluster-east cluster-central; do
  mem=$(redisctl -p $p enterprise database list -o json -q '[].memory_size | sum(@)')
  echo "$p: $((mem / 1024 / 1024)) MB"
  total=$((total + mem))
done
echo "Total: $((total / 1024 / 1024)) MB"

# License check across clusters
for p in cluster-west cluster-east cluster-central; do
  echo "=== $p ==="
  redisctl -p $p enterprise license get -o json -q '{expired: expired, expiration: expiration_date}'
done

3. MCP Multi-Cluster Prompts

With MCP, the AI can query across clusters conversationally:

• "List all my configured profiles"
• "Show me the cluster info for each of my Enterprise profiles"
• "What's my total memory allocation across all clusters?"
• "Check license status on all clusters - are any expiring soon?"
• "Which databases across all clusters don't have persistence enabled?"
• "Total up all the databases across my fleet"

The AI uses profile_list to discover clusters and profile_set_default_enterprise to switch between them, then aggregates the results.

Key Differentiators

Capability	RE UI	redisctl
Single cluster view	✅	✅
Multi-cluster view	❌	✅
Cross-cluster queries	❌	✅
License aggregation	❌	✅
Scripted operations	❌	✅
AI-driven management	❌	✅ (MCP)

Total multi-cluster demo time: ~5 minutes