How to securely connect your Go applications to Amazon MemoryDB (or ElastiCache) for Redis using IAM

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Learn how to securely connect Go applications to Amazon MemoryDB (or ElastiCache) for Redis using IAM authentication. IAM authentication allows you to associate IAM users and roles with MemoryDB users, eliminating the need for long-lived passwords. It provides benefits such as centralized access management and improved security. The article provides a step-by-step guide on configuring IAM authentication for a Go application with the go-redis client.

Using IAM authentication for Redis on AWS

1. Configure the MemoryDB cluster along with user and IAM role

IAM authentication logic - Behind the scenes