"Invalid protocol" when trying to connect to Elasticache Redis in Node.js

Hello

I’m trying to connect an ElastiCache Redis to an Express server deployed on ECS.

I get the Primary Endpoint from ElastiCache as blablabla.mccjet.ng.0001.euc1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379

In my server I try to connect like this

const { createClient } = require("redis");
const pubClient = createClient({ url: 'blablabla.mccjet.ng.0001.euc1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379' });

But when I check the ECS logs I see

/usr/src/app/node_modules/@redis/client/dist/lib/client/index.js:124
throw new TypeError('Invalid protocol');
^
TypeError: Invalid protocol
at Function.parseURL (/usr/src/app/node_modules/@redis/client/dist/lib/c...

Any help on what I might be missing Thanks

[leibale]

this should fix it

const pubClient = createClient({ url: 'redis://blablabla.mccjet.ng.0001.euc1.cache.amazonaws.com:6379' });

[cmgchess]

I guess this is how it behaves and I cannot access elasticache from a local machine without SSH. Anyway it works fine inside the cloud. closing this Thanks for helping me out!