Merge branch '937-use-redis-as-cache-backend' into 'development'

Resolve "Use Redis as Cache backend"

Closes #937

See merge request !1517

.env.example

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ REDIS_RESULT_CONNECTION=default
 REDIS_RESULT_CACHE_DURATION=60
 
 BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
-CACHE_DRIVER=database
+CACHE_DRIVER=redis
 SESSION_DRIVER=file
 QUEUE_CONNECTION=sync
 

app/Console/Commands/CacheGC.php

-<?php
-
-namespace App\Console\Commands;
-
-use DB;
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-
-class CacheGC extends Command
-{
-    /**
-     * The name and signature of the console command.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $signature = 'cache:gc';
-
-    /**
-     * The console command description.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $description = 'Cleans up every expired cache File';
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new command instance.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        parent::__construct();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Execute the console command.
-     *
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    public function handle()
-    {
-        DB::delete('delete from cache where cache.expiration < unix_timestamp()');
-    }
-}

app/Console/Kernel.php

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
     {
         $schedule->command('requests:gather')->everyFifteenMinutes();
         $schedule->command('requests:useragents')->everyFiveMinutes();
-        $schedule->command('cache:gc')->hourly();
 
         $schedule->call(function () {
             DB::table('monthlyrequests')->truncate();

composer.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         "laravel/tinker": "^1.0",
         "mcamara/laravel-localization": "^1.3",
         "mews/captcha": "^2.2",
+        "monospice/laravel-redis-sentinel-drivers": "^2.6",
         "predis/predis": "^1.1",
         "symfony/dom-crawler": "^4.1"
     },

config/cache.php

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ return [
         ],
 
         'redis' => [
-            'driver' => 'redis',
-            'connection' => 'default',
+            'driver' => env('REDIS_CACHE_DRIVER', 'redis'),
+            'connection' => 'cache',
         ],
 
     ],

config/database.php

@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ return [
             'port' => env('REDIS_PORT', 6379),
             'database' => 0,
         ],
+
+        'cache' => [
+            'host' => env('REDIS_CACHE_HOST', 'localhost'),
+            'password' => env('REDIS_CACHE_PASSWORD', null),
+            'port' => env('REDIS_CACHE_PORT', 6379),
+            'database' => 0,
+        ],
     ],
 
 ];