From 5daafdf806a087da811347e01d149f6d91c2e682 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben <sneexy@disroot.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:30:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] migrate redis to multiple dragonflydb instances

---
 phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/compose.yaml | 78 ++++++++++++++++------
 phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/default.yml  | 14 ++--
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/compose.yaml b/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/compose.yaml
index 1d1fe28..0c1d02a 100644
--- a/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/compose.yaml
+++ b/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/compose.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ services:
   api:
     image: registry.activitypub.software/transfem-org/sharkey:latest
     restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:60628:3001"
     networks:
@@ -39,9 +36,6 @@ services:
   worker:
     image: registry.activitypub.software/transfem-org/sharkey:latest
     restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     networks:
       - db
       - sharkey
@@ -60,9 +54,6 @@ services:
   activity:
     image: registry.activitypub.software/transfem-org/sharkey:latest
     restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:47815:3002"
     networks:
@@ -86,9 +77,6 @@ services:
   media:
     image: registry.activitypub.software/transfem-org/sharkey:latest
     restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_healthy
     ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:57378:3003"
     networks:
@@ -108,18 +96,66 @@ services:
       - ./media:/sharkey/.config
       - ./default.yml:/sharkey/.config/default.yml:ro
 
-  # redis is used for caching
-  redis:
+  # "redis is for caching" WRONG!!! it is long term persistent storage in misskey. for some reason. "caching".
+  # do NOT wipe redis or you lose a bunch of actual data like timelines and notifications.
+  # also, we use dragonflydb over redis. personal preference, better performance and stability.
+
+  # general dfdb
+  dragonfly:
+    image: docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly
     restart: always
-    image: redis:alpine
-    volumes:
-      - ./redis:/data
+    ulimits:
+      memlock: -1
     networks:
       - sharkey
-    healthcheck:
-      test: "redis-cli ping"
-      interval: 5s
-      retries: 20
+    environment:
+      # these envvars are important in order for dragonflydb/misskey to interact with each other properly, and to load and save all data properly
+      DFLY_snapshot_cron: '* * * * *'
+      DFLY_version_check: false
+      DFLY_default_lua_flags: allow-undeclared-keys # without this, dfdb would immediately complain loading data
+      DFLY_dbfilename: 'dump.rdb' # misskey expects this
+      DFLY_df_snapshot_format: false # misskey doesn't know how to handle dfdb's format
+      DFLY_dir: '/data' # directory with the snapshot/data
+    volumes:
+      - ./dragonfly/general:/data
+    
+  # job queue dfdb
+  dragonfly-queue:
+    image: docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly
+    restart: always
+    ulimits:
+      memlock: -1
+    networks:
+      - sharkey
+    environment:
+      DFLY_port: 6380
+      DFLY_snapshot_cron: '* * * * *'
+      DFLY_version_check: false
+      DFLY_default_lua_flags: allow-undeclared-keys
+      DFLY_dbfilename: 'dump.rdb'
+      DFLY_df_snapshot_format: false
+      DFLY_dir: '/data'
+    volumes:
+      - ./dragonfly/queue:/data
+
+  # timelines dfdb
+  dragonfly-tl:
+    image: docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly
+    restart: always
+    ulimits:
+      memlock: -1
+    networks:
+      - sharkey
+    environment:
+      DFLY_port: 6381
+      DFLY_snapshot_cron: '* * * * *'
+      DFLY_version_check: false
+      DFLY_default_lua_flags: allow-undeclared-keys
+      DFLY_dbfilename: 'dump.rdb'
+      DFLY_df_snapshot_format: false
+      DFLY_dir: '/data'
+    volumes:
+      - ./dragonfly/timelines:/data
 
 networks:
   db:
diff --git a/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/default.yml b/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/default.yml
index 915a75e..dc29b2e 100644
--- a/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/default.yml
+++ b/phosphorus/srv/docker/sharkey/default.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ dbReplications: false
 #───┘ Redis configuration └─────────────────────────────────────
 
 redis:
-  host: redis
+  host: dragonfly
   port: 6379
   #family: 0  # 0=Both, 4=IPv4, 6=IPv6
   #pass: example-pass
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ redis:
 #  # You can specify more ioredis options...
 #  #username: example-username
 
-#redisForJobQueue:
-#  host: redis
-#  port: 6379
+redisForJobQueue:
+  host: dragonfly-queue
+  port: 6380
 #  #family: 0  # 0=Both, 4=IPv4, 6=IPv6
 #  #pass: example-pass
 #  #prefix: example-prefix
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ redis:
 #  # You can specify more ioredis options...
 #  #username: example-username
 
-#redisForTimelines:
-#  host: redis
-#  port: 6379
+redisForTimelines:
+  host: dragonfly-tl
+  port: 6381
 #  #family: 0  # 0=Both, 4=IPv4, 6=IPv6
 #  #pass: example-pass
 #  #prefix: example-prefix