{
  "id": "supported-clients-browsers",
  "title": "Supported connection clients",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/databases/connect/supported-clients-browsers/",
  "summary": "Info about Redis client libraries and supported clients when using the discovery service.",
  "content": "You can connect to Redis Software databases programmatically using client libraries.\n\n## Redis client libraries\n\nTo connect an application to a Redis database hosted by Redis Software, use a [client library](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients) appropriate for your programming language.\n\nYou can also use the `redis-cli` utility to connect to a database from the command line.\n\nFor examples of each approach, see the [Redis Software quickstart](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/redis-enterprise-software-quickstart).\n\nNote: You cannot use client libraries to configure Redis Software.  Instead, use:\n\n- The Redis Software [Cluster Manager UI](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/redis-enterprise-software-quickstart)\n- The [REST API](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/rest-api)\n- Command-line utilities, such as [`rladmin`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/cli-utilities/rladmin)\n\n### Discovery service\n\nAll [recommended Redis client libraries](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients) support the Redis Sentinel API, so you can use any of them with the [discovery service](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/databases/durability-ha/discovery-service.md).\n\nIf you need to use a client that doesn't support Sentinel, you can use [Sentinel Tunnel](https://github.com/RedisLabs/sentinel_tunnel) to discover the current primary Redis endpoint with Sentinel and create a TCP tunnel between a local port on the client and the primary endpoint.\n\n",
  "tags": ["docs","operate","rs"],
  "last_updated": "2026-07-23T12:05:56-05:00"
}