diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 269bd04..d139523 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 *.sh
 *.terraform
 *.pem
-*.tfvars
+terraform.tfvars
 *.tfplan
 *.tfstate
 *.tfstate.backup
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 1620e8b..61d75a1 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "nginx_instance" {
     environment = var.environment_map[var.target_environment]
   }
   tags = var.compute-source-tags
- 
+
   boot_disk {
     initialize_params {
       image = "debian-cloud/debian-11"
@@ -60,4 +60,14 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "mysqldb" {
     network = data.google_compute_network.default.self_link
     subnetwork = google_compute_subnetwork.subnet-1.self_link
   }  
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+## REDIS
+resource "google_redis_instance" "redis" {
+  name = var.environment_instance_settings[var.target_environment].redis.name
+  tier = var.environment_instance_settings[var.target_environment].redis.tier
+  memory_size_gb = var.environment_instance_settings[var.target_environment].redis.memory_size_gb
+  location_id = var.zone
+  authorized_network = data.google_compute_network.default.id
+}
+
diff --git a/terraform.auto.tfvars b/terraform.auto.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ad78d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform.auto.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+environment_instance_settings = {
+    "DEV" = {
+      machine_type = "f1-micro"
+      labels = {
+        environment = "dev"
+      },
+      redis = {
+        name = "customer-id-cache",
+        tier = "STANDARD_HA",
+        memory_size_gb =1,
+        display_name = "Customer Data Cache"
+      }
+    },
+   "QA" = {
+      machine_type = "e2-micro"
+      labels = {
+        environment = "qa"
+      },
+      redis = {
+        name = "customer-id-cache",
+        tier = "STANDARD_HA",
+        memory_size_gb = 3,
+        display_name = "Customer Data Cache"
+      }
+    },
+    "STAGE" = {
+      machine_type = "e2-micro"
+      labels = {
+        environment = "stage"
+      },
+      redis = {}
+    },
+    "PROD" = {
+      machine_type = "e2-medium"
+      labels = {
+        environment = "prod"
+      },
+      redis = {}
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index dce6ea0..a54d2ab 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -74,31 +74,6 @@ variable "environment_machine_type" {
 }
 
 variable "environment_instance_settings" {
-  type = map(object({machine_type=string, labels=map(string)}))
-  default = {
-    "DEV" = {
-      machine_type = "f1-micro"
-      labels = {
-        environment = "dev"
-      }
-    },
-   "QA" = {
-      machine_type = "e2-micro"
-      labels = {
-        environment = "qa"
-      }
-    },
-    "STAGE" = {
-      machine_type = "e2-micro"
-      labels = {
-        environment = "stage"
-      }
-    },
-    "PROD" = {
-      machine_type = "e2-medium"
-      labels = {
-        environment = "prod"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  type = map(any)
+}
+