{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rs/installing-upgrading/modules/add-module-to-database",
  "title": "Enable a module for a database",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/modules/add-module-to-database/",
  "summary": "",
  "aliases": [
    "/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/install/add-module-to-database/"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "operate",
    "rs"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-10-06T08:53:14-07:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "e5590341093fa8ada2f6e20252856ed60d68e31fcff59fd8de602aa826b3dd4a",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "Modules add additional functionality to Redis databases for specific use cases. You can enable modules when you create a database."
    },
    {
      "id": "automatically-enabled-capabilities-in-redis-8",
      "title": "Automatically enabled capabilities in Redis 8",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "Databases created with or upgraded to Redis version 8 or later automatically enable the capabilities (modules) bundled with Redis Software as follows:\n\n| Database type | Automatically enabled capabilities |\n|---------------|------------------------------------|\n| RAM-only | [Redis Search](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/search)<br />[JSON](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/json)<br />[Time series](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/timeseries)<br />[Probabilistic](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/bloom)  |\n| Flash-enabled ([Redis Flex](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/databases/flash)) | [JSON](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/json)<br />[Probabilistic](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/bloom) |\n| [Active-Active](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/databases/active-active)<sup>[1](#enabled-modules-table-note-1)</sup> | [Redis Search](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/search/search-active-active)<br />[JSON](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/json) |\n\n1. <a name=\"enabled-modules-table-note-1\"></a>Upgrading existing Active-Active databases to Redis version 8 does not automatically enable these capabilities. Only new Active-Active databases created with Redis version 8 enable these capabilities by default."
    },
    {
      "id": "create-a-database-with-a-module",
      "title": "Create a database with a module",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "You can only add modules to a database when you first create it. You cannot add modules to an existing database."
    },
    {
      "id": "prerequisites",
      "title": "Prerequisites",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "- [Installed the module on the cluster](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/modules/add-module-to-cluster)\n- [Upgraded the module](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/modules/upgrade-module) to the latest version"
    },
    {
      "id": "create-a-database-and-enable-capabilities",
      "title": "Create a database and enable capabilities",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "In the Redis Software Cluster Manager UI, follow these steps to add modules to a database:\n\n1. From the **Databases** screen, select **Quick database** or **Create database**.\n\n1. In the **Capabilities** section, select one or more capabilities:\n\n    ![Select which capabilities to add to your database.](https://redis.io/docs/latest/images/rs/screenshots/databases/quick-db-capabilities-7-8-2.png)\n\n    > [!NOTE]\n    > You cannot use RediSearch 1.x and RediSearch 2.x in the same database.\n    >     \n\n1. To use custom configuration for capabilities:\n\n    1. Select **Parameters**.\n    \n    1. Enter the [configuration options](#module-configuration-options).\n    \n    1. Select **Done**.\n\n1. Configure additional database settings.\n\n    > [!NOTE]\n    > Depending on the [features supported by an enabled module](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/enterprise-capabilities#module-feature-support), certain database configuration fields may not be available.\n    >     \n\n1. Select **Create**."
    },
    {
      "id": "module-configuration-options",
      "title": "Module configuration options",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "- [Redis Search configuration options](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/search/config)\n\n- [RedisTimeSeries configuration options](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/timeseries/config)\n\n- [RedisBloom configuration options](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/stack-with-enterprise/bloom/config)"
    }
  ],
  "examples": []
}