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Updated on 2026-04-20 GMT+08:00

Do DCS Clients Support Sentinels?

Redis 4.0 and later:

Single-node, master/standby, and Redis Cluster instances do not support Sentinels.

Read/Write splitting instances support Sentinels and clusters.

For Proxy Cluster instances, clusters are supported by default, Sentinels are supported after the cluster-sentinel-enabled and sentinel-without-auth parameter is enabled. For details about how to enable parameter cluster-sentinel-enabled, see Modifying Configuration Parameters of an Instance.

Parameter sentinel-without-auth is currently in restricted use. By default, it is not displayed for Proxy Cluster instances. To configure it, submit a ticket and contact customer service.

Redis 3.0 instances do not support Sentinels.