Session Undefined - Using Connect-Redis / ExpressJS / Node

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This morning I awoke to find Nodejitsu spinning out the following error: `Warning: connection.session() MemoryStore is not designed for a production environment, as it will leak memory, and will not scale past a single process.` 'Well then!' I thought to myself - and off I went to find something more suitable. I settled on Redis, and immediately began implementing `connect-redis` and `node-redis` into my application. However, the following error continues to surface after repeated attempts at a fix. The error is as follows: ``` TypeError: Cannot set property 'loggedIn' of undefined at /Users/Ryan/Aggregus/server.js:300:25 at Promise. (/Users/Ryan/Aggregus/object_models/user.js:60:5) at Promise. (/Users/Ryan/Aggregus/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpromise/lib/promise.js:162:8) at Promise.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17) at Promise.emit (/Users/Ryan/Aggregus/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpromise/lib/promise.js:79:38) at Promise.fulfill (/Users/Ryan/Ag…

Accepted Answer

You're calling connect-redis wrong, and you don't need redis installed separately. However, I don't see connect-redis in your package.json, so you should `npm install --save connect-redis`. Then do something like this:

```
var express = require('express');
var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);
var ports = require('./classes/ports.js');
var config = require('./config/config.js');
var routes = require('./routes');
var errors = require('./classes/errors.js');

var app = express();
ports(app);
app
.use(express.logger())
.use(express.compress())
.use(express.cookieParser())
.use(express.session({
  store: new RedisStore({
    port: config.redisPort,
    host: config.redisHost,
    db: config.redisDatabase,
    pass: config.redisPassword
  }),
  secret: 'Your secret here',
  proxy: true,
  cookie: { secure: true }
}))
.use(express.favicon(__dirname + '/../public/img/favicon.ico'))
.use(express.bodyParser())
.use(express.methodOverride())

routes(app);
errors(app);
```

Session Undefined - Using Connect-Redis / ExpressJS / Node

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