From 3eaa1f42fe11d2d80cfdc54d1060429b3d0a8fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Hautakoski <henrik@eossweden.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:58:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] redis.go: in RedisConnect() do a ping and return any errors.
 So we know that the connection is up or not.

---
 redis.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index c7d03b2..99de8d3 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ var redisCtx = context.Background()
 
 var redisPrefix = "ship."
 
-func RedisConnect(addr string, password string, db int) {
+func RedisConnect(addr string, password string, db int) error {
     rdb = redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
         Addr:     addr,
         Password: password,
         DB:       db,
     })
+
+    return rdb.Ping(redisCtx).Err()
 }
 
 func RedisKey(components ...string) (string) {