# Essentials

- [Installation](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/installation.md): Getting started with the Ortus Redis Extension
- [Configuration](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/configuration.md): Learn how to configure the extension for operation
- [Usage](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage.md)
- [CFML](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage/cfml.md): Use Redis from CFML natively
- [Distributed Locking](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage/distributed-locking.md): Introduced in version 3.3.0, the \<cfRedisLock>  tag offers distributed locking for clustered instances.
- [RAM Resources](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage/ram-resources.md): Use Redis as a virtual file storage
- [Scope Storage](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage/scope-storage.md): Use Redis for session distribution
- [Direct Java API](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/usage/direct-java-api.md): Go funky with the Redis extension
- [Publish/Subscribe](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/pub-sub.md): Use Redis as a complete real-time messaging broker
- [Debugging](https://redis-cache.ortusbooks.com/essentials/debugging.md): Issues? We all have them, learn how to cope with them


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