# AzureRedisExtensions

- Kind: `class`
- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Redis](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Namespace: `Aspire.Hosting`
- Target framework: `net8.0`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/cbc352350f1a9bafbaff10d14a2c8de4ac186a48/src/Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Redis/AzureRedisExtensions.cs)

Provides extension methods for adding the Azure Redis resources to the application model.

## Definition

```csharp
namespace Aspire.Hosting;

public static class AzureRedisExtensions
{
    // ...
}
```

## Methods

- [AddAzureRedis(IDistributedApplicationBuilder, string)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#addazureredis-idistributedapplicationbuilder-string) : `IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Adds an Azure Cache for Redis resource to the application model.
- [AsAzureRedis(IResourceBuilder<RedisResource>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#asazureredis-iresourcebuilder-redisresource) : `IResourceBuilder<RedisResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Configures resource to use Azure for local development and when doing a deployment via the Azure Developer CLI.
- [PublishAsAzureRedis(IResourceBuilder<RedisResource>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#publishasazureredis-iresourcebuilder-redisresource) : `IResourceBuilder<RedisResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Configures the resource to be published as Azure Cache for Redis when deployed via Azure Developer CLI.
- [RunAsContainer(IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>, Action<IResourceBuilder<RedisResource>>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#runascontainer-iresourcebuilder-azurerediscacheresource-action-iresourcebuilder-redisresource) : `IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Configures an Azure Cache for Redis resource to run locally in a container.
- [WithAccessKeyAuthentication(IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#withaccesskeyauthentication-iresourcebuilder-azurerediscacheresource) : `IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Configures the resource to use access key authentication for Azure Cache for Redis.
- [WithAccessKeyAuthentication(IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>, IResourceBuilder<IAzureKeyVaultResource>)](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.azure.redis/azureredisextensions/methods.md#withaccesskeyauthentication-iresourcebuilder-azurerediscacheresource-iresourcebuilder-iazurekeyvaultresource) : `IResourceBuilder<AzureRedisCacheResource>` `extension` `obsolete` -- Configures the resource to use access key authentication for Azure Cache for Redis.