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content/integrate/redis-data-integration/ingest/data-pipelines/data-pipelines.md

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Quarkus [Configuration options](https://quarkus.io/guides/all-config)
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docs for the full set of available properties.
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### Targets
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Use this section to provide the connection details for the target Redis
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`host` and `port` of the server. You can also supply connection credentials
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{{< note >}}If you specify `localhost` as the address of either the source or target server during
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installation then the connection will fail if the actual IP address changes for the local
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VM. For this reason, we recommend that you don't use `localhost` for the address. However,
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if you do encounter this problem, you can fix it using the following commands on the VM
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that is running RDI itself:
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```bash
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sudo k3s kubectl delete nodes --all
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sudo service k3s restart
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```
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{{< /note >}}
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### Database-specific connection properties {#db-connect-props}
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Use the following properties in the [`sources.advanced.source`](#sources) section

content/integrate/redis-data-integration/ingest/installation/_index.md

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RDI uses a database on your Redis Enterprise cluster to store its state
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information. *This requires Redis Enterprise v6.4 or greater*.
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The installer will ask you for cluster admin credentials. You should supply
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The installer gives you instructions to help you create secrets and create your pipeline.
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It will ask you for cluster admin credentials during installation. You should supply
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{{<note>}}The installer does not create the RDI Redis database with
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Once the installation is finished, RDI is ready for use.
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{{< note >}}If you specify `localhost` as the address of the RDI database server during
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installation then the connection will fail if the actual IP address changes for the local
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VM. For this reason, we recommend that you don't use `localhost` for the address. However,
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if you do encounter this problem, you can fix it using the following commands on the VM
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that is running RDI itself:
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{{<note>}}RDI gives you instructions to help you create secrets and create your pipeline.{{</note>}}
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```bash
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sudo k3s kubectl delete nodes --all
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sudo service k3s restart
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```
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{{< /note >}}
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Once the installation is finished, RDI is ready for use.
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## "Silent" installation
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