Add support for external Redis with embedded Redis disable option#1729
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Add ability to use external Redis instead of embedded Redis server: - New REDIS_URL environment variable to specify external Redis URI - New CRAWL4AI_DISABLE_EMBEDDED_REDIS=true to disable embedded Redis - Conditional healthcheck that skips redis-cli when external Redis is used - entrypoint.sh script to handle conditional supervisord configuration Benefits of external Redis: - Better memory management (embedded Redis can grow unboundedly) - Shared state across multiple Crawl4AI containers - Easier Redis version management and security patching (CVE-2025-49844) Files changed: - Dockerfile: Add entrypoint, update healthcheck - deploy/docker/entrypoint.sh: New script for conditional Redis - deploy/docker/utils.py: Add REDIS_URL env var support - deploy/docker/config.yml: Document redis.uri option - deploy/docker/README.md: Add External Redis documentation
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Summary
Add support for using external Redis instead of the embedded Redis server that runs inside the Docker container. This allows users to:
Related to #1671 (Redis CVE-2025-49844)
List of files changed and why
CRAWL4AI_DISABLE_EMBEDDED_REDIS=trueREDIS_URLenvironment variable override inload_config()redis.urioption and external Redis configurationHow Has This Been Tested?
REDIS_URLenvironment variable handling inload_config()entrypoint.shscript structure and conditional logicChecklist: