Dragonfly with DBine

How to connect DBine to Dragonfly and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the Dragonfly driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.

Connect

  1. In DBine, open New connection.
  2. Pick Dragonfly in the list of engines.
  3. Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.

Default port: 6379.

General

FieldDescription
Server requiredExample: localhost
PortExample: 6379
DatabaseLogical database index (0–15 in a standard installation).
Example: 0
UserOnly with ACL (Redis 6 or later); empty = default.
PasswordKept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files.
Read-onlyOn or off.

SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.

SSL/TLS

FieldDescription
Encrypt the connection (TLS)On or off.
Trust the server certificateOn or off.

What the explorer shows

Under the connection: Databases. Inside each one:

Query editor

The editor uses Dragonfly's commands, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.

Ready-made templates for new objects:

Tools for Dragonfly

Available

  • Live query profiler
  • Server monitor
  • Sessions and running queries
  • End a session
  • Database properties
  • Visual designer for new objects
  • Rename objects
  • Native bulk load when migrating data
  • Users and permissions
  • Backups
  • Key search in the explorer

Not available for Dragonfly

  • Graphical execution plans
  • Locks: who blocks whom
  • Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
  • Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
  • Index usage
  • Create databases
  • Drop databases
  • Relations in the ER diagram
  • Compare and sync schemas
  • Clone tables

Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.

Generated from the Dragonfly driver 0.1.9, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to Dragonfly.

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