diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5cf3f66..fcf54b2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ omero_ms_image_region_download_URL: 'https://github.com/khaledk2/ice-archh-64/re
 omero_ms_image_region_ms_sha256: f984bb78fa81d4fa603387df919d383485944a15a6a762f5c136cf35aefafeaa
  
 omero_ms_image_region_ms_name: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_download_URL | basename }}"
+
+omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_url: 'localhost'
+omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_port: '6379'
+omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_username: ''
+omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_user_pass: ''
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9b628d3..d32fd3d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@
    - stat_ssh256.stat.checksum is undefined or omero_ms_image_region_ms_sha256 !=  stat_ssh256.stat.checksum
    - not stat_result.stat.exists
 
+- name: omero-ms-image-region | set redis url in protected mode
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_uri:
+      "redis://:@'{{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_url }}':omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_port/0"
+  when: omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_username and omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_user_pass
+
+- name: omero-ms-image-region | set redis uri in not protected mode
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_uri:
+      "redis://'{{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_username }}':'{{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_user_pass }}'@'{{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_url }}':omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_port/0"
+  when: not omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_username and not omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_user_pass
+
+
 - name: omero-ms-image-region | copy config file
   become: true
   become_user: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_user }}"
diff --git a/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/templates/config.yaml.j2
index c39958d..e5d0417 100644
--- a/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ omero:
 omero.server:
     omero.data.dir: "{{ omero_data_dir }}"
     omero.db.host: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_db_url }}"
-    omero.db.name: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_db_name }}"
-    omero.db.port: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_db_port }}"
-    omero.db.user: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_db_username }}"
-    omero.db.pass: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_db_pass }}"
+    omero.db.name: "{{ db_name }}"
+    omero.db.port: "{{ db_port }}"
+    omero.db.user: "{{ db_user_name }}"
+    omero.db.pass: "{{ db_pass }}"
     # OMERO_HOME/lib/scripts
     omero.script_repo_root: "{{ omero_script_repo_root }}"                              
     omero.pixeldata.max_tile_length: "2048"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ omero.web:
 
 
 # Size of the worker pool (defaults to CPUs x 2)
-omero_ms_image_region_ms_worker_pool_size: {{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_worker_pool_size }}
+worker_pool_size: {{ worker_pool_size }}
 #
 # Configuration for zipkin http tracing
 http-tracing:
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ session-store:
     # * https://jdbc.postgresql.org/documentation/80/connect.html
     # * https://github.com/lettuce-io/lettuce-core/wiki/Redis-URI-and-connection-details
     # uri: "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/omero_database?user=omero&password=omero"
-    # For Redis in protected mode
-    uri: "redis://:@localhost:6379/0"
-    # For Redis in non-protected mode
-    # uri: "redis://:password@localhost:6379/0"
+    uri: "{{ omero_ms_image_region_ms_redis_uri }}"
 
 redis-cache:
     #uri: "redis://cf33da71-d81f-42e3-9932-71c82d52de32@localhost:6379/1"