diff --git a/internal/db/main.go b/internal/db/main.go
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+package db
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"git.libraryofcode.org/engineering/bces/config"
+	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+	"log"
+)
+
+// NewRedisConnection takes a Config parameter and connects to the RedisURL provided in the config. It returns an instance of Redis Client.
+// This function will exit the program if it cannot parse the URL properly nor connect successfully, and therefore doesn't return an error.
+func NewRedisConnection(config config.Config) *redis.Client {
+	redisConnectionOptions, err := redis.ParseURL(config.RedisURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Redis Connection URL is not valid or cannot parse given Connection URL: %s.\n\n%s", config.RedisURL, err)
+	}
+	redisClient := redis.NewClient(redisConnectionOptions)
+
+	redisPingResponse, err := redisClient.Ping(context.Background()).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not ping Redis.\n\n%s", err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("Connected to Redis DB at <%s>: %s", config.RedisURL, redisPingResponse)
+
+	return redisClient
+}