From 657d7df9886848bb5608750c2e0cf67bbd2a288a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trong Huu Nguyen <trong.huu.nguyen@nav.no>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:23:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: remove startup redis ping

---
 cmd/wonderwall/main.go | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/wonderwall/main.go b/cmd/wonderwall/main.go
index 9b4bcf6..e634294 100644
--- a/cmd/wonderwall/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wonderwall/main.go
@@ -69,16 +69,11 @@ func run() error {
 	var sessionStore session.Store
 	if len(cfg.Redis) > 0 {
 		redisClient := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
-			Network: "tcp",
-			Addr:    cfg.Redis,
+			Network:    "tcp",
+			Addr:       cfg.Redis,
+			MaxRetries: 10,
 		})
 
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
-		defer cancel()
-		if err := redisClient.Ping(ctx).Err(); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("connecting to redis: %w", err)
-		}
-
 		sessionStore = session.NewRedis(redisClient)
 		log.Infof("Using Redis as session backing store")
 	} else {