# How do I apply Elastic.Apm.StackExchange.Redis to Microsoft's IDistributedCache?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-apply-elastic-apm-stackexchange-redis-to-microsofts-idistributedcache/292324>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** dotnet\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-apply-elastic-apm-stackexchange-redis-to-microsofts-idistributedcache/292324 "2021-12-17T14:35:16Z")\
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Like the title says, how do I apply Elastic.Apm.StackExchange.Redis to Microsoft's IDistributedCache?  
The package exposes an `UseElasticApm` extension method to `IConnectionMultiplexer`, but the `IDistributedCache` creates its own multiplexer, and doesn't expose it.

**APM Agent language and version** : dotnet 1.12.1

**Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version**: NuGet

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Unfortunately, it's not possible to get at the underlying `IConnectionMultiplexer` in Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis 5.x.

It is however [possible in 6.x](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis/6.0.1), using `RedisCacheOptions.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory`:

> <https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/blob/main/src/Caching/StackExchangeRedis/src/RedisCacheOptions.cs#L31>