I want to run a service on Google Cloud Run that uses Cloud Memorystore as cache.
I created an Memorystore instance in the same region as Cloud Run and used the example code to connect: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples/blob/master/memorystore/redis/main.go this didn't work.
Next I created a Serverless VPC access Connectore which didn't help. I use Cloud Run without a GKE Cluster so I can't change any configuration.
Is there a way to connect from Cloud Run to Memorystore?
Cloud Run is expected to get support for the Serverless VPC Connector in the future, which is the prerequisite for using Cloud Memorystore.
You could create a Cloud Run on GKE cluster and host your service there until the Serverless VPC Access support is available on Cloud Run.
Another alternative is to use a redis instance on Redis Labs by adapting this App Engine how-to guide
If you need something in your VPC, you can also spin up Redis on Compute Engine
It's more costly (especially for a Cluster) than Redis Cloud - but an temp solution if you have to keep the data in your VPC.
According to the updated Cloud Run documentation that serverless VPC access is now available along with explicit support for Memorystore
