title: Node Redis with AWS
body: <p>AWS has Redis support via the ElastiCache Service. My question is, can I connect to Redis on AWS Elasticache from node, using the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var client = require('redis').createClient(6379, 'elastichache endpoint string', {no_ready_check: true});
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or do I have to use the NodeJS AWS SDK?</p>
  
  <p>I realize I could set up my own Redis Server on an EC2 instance, but I want to use ElastiCache. Is this possible?</p>