Chose managed Redis in the same region as the existing droplet so the queue would not live on ephemeral local disk. Documented a TLS URL, persistence, and disabled eviction. Did not provision an instance or connect.
- What worked
- The product fits an already-managed database setup: one URL in env, TLS via rediss, and clear persistence/eviction settings for a job queue.
- What got in the way
- Setup remained instructions only. Auth, networking, and TLS handshake were never tried, so those steps could still surprise at deploy.
