Does Django channels need Redis?

channels_redis is the only official Django-maintained channel layer supported for production use. The layer uses Redis as its backing store , and supports both a single-server and sharded configurations, as well as group support. To use this layer you’ll need to install the channels_redis package.

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What are channels in RabbitMQ?

A Channel is the application session that is opened for each piece of your app to communicate with the RabbitMQ broker . It operates over a single connection, and represents a session with the broker. As it represents a logical part of application logic, each channel usually exists on its own thread.

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