# Can'tconnect external Redis server in k8s

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/cantconnect-external-redis-server-in-k8s/8106>\
**Category:** Install/Maintain/Configure\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/cantconnect-external-redis-server-in-k8s/8106 "2023-11-12T10:20:48Z")\
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I’m trying to connect an external passwordless redis cluster to my gitea helm installation in k8s. I have set the following config in my values.yml file:

```yaml
redis-cluster:
  enabled: false
  usePassword: false
gitea:
  redis:
    ADAPTER: redis
    HOST: redis://rfrm-gitea-redis:6379/0?pool_size=100&idle_timeout=180s

```

However, the pod just fails with the following error even though I didn’t set the redis url to be a loopback address, neither does the hostname resolve to such:

```auto
PANIC: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:6379: connect: connection refused

```

Not sure what is going on here since that’s not what I set in the config.