diff --git a/.github/workflows/switch.yml b/.github/workflows/switch.yml
index 37329c82e..4ea378f38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/switch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/switch.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           [
             {
               "identifier": "switch-staging",
-              "branch": "develop",
+              "branch": "support_connect_verb",
               "image_tag": "staging",
               "ecs_service": "switch-staging",
               "ecs_cluster": "somleng-switch-staging"
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/switch.tf b/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/switch.tf
index 4f4178208..f2da41c6f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/switch.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/switch.tf
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "freeswitch_event_logger" {
   retention_in_days = 7
 }
 
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "redis" {
+  name = "${var.switch_identifier}-redis"
+  retention_in_days = 7
+}
+
 # Security Group
 resource "aws_security_group" "switch" {
   name   = var.switch_identifier
@@ -389,6 +394,7 @@ data "template_file" "switch" {
     freeswitch_logs_group = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.freeswitch.name
     freeswitch_event_logger_logs_group = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.freeswitch_event_logger.name
     app_logs_group = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.switch_app.name
+    redis_logs_group = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.redis.name
     logs_group_region = var.aws_region
     app_environment = var.app_environment
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/templates/switch.json.tpl b/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/templates/switch.json.tpl
index acee31436..bbd60fdb8 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/templates/switch.json.tpl
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/somleng_switch/templates/switch.json.tpl
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
        }
     },
     "startTimeout": 120,
+    "dependsOn": [
+      {
+        "containerName": "redis",
+        "condition": "HEALTHY"
+      }
+    ],
     "healthCheck": {
       "command": [ "CMD-SHELL", "wget --server-response --spider --quiet http://localhost:3000/health_checks 2>&1 | grep '200 OK' > /dev/null" ],
       "interval": 10,
@@ -85,6 +91,10 @@
       {
         "name": "SERVICES_FUNCTION_ARN",
         "value": "${services_function_arn}"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "REDIS_URL",
+        "value": "redis://localhost:6379/1"
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -216,6 +226,30 @@
       }
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "name": "redis",
+    "image": "public.ecr.aws/docker/library/redis:alpine",
+    "logConfiguration": {
+      "logDriver": "awslogs",
+       "options": {
+         "awslogs-group": "${redis_logs_group}",
+         "awslogs-region": "${logs_group_region}",
+         "awslogs-stream-prefix": "${app_environment}"
+       }
+    },
+    "essential": true,
+    "healthCheck": {
+      "command": [ "CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli", "--raw", "incr", "ping" ],
+      "interval": 10,
+      "retries": 10,
+      "timeout": 5
+    },
+    "portMappings": [
+      {
+        "containerPort": 6379
+      }
+    ]
+  },
   {
     "name": "freeswitch-event-logger",
     "image": "${freeswitch_event_logger_image}:latest",
@@ -228,7 +262,7 @@
        }
     },
     "startTimeout": 120,
-    "essential": false,
+    "essential": true,
     "secrets": [
       {
         "name": "EVENT_SOCKET_PASSWORD",
@@ -239,12 +273,20 @@
       {
         "containerName": "freeswitch",
         "condition": "HEALTHY"
+      },
+      {
+        "containerName": "redis",
+        "condition": "HEALTHY"
       }
     ],
     "environment": [
       {
         "name": "EVENT_SOCKET_HOST",
         "value": "localhost:${freeswitch_event_socket_port}"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "REDIS_URL",
+        "value": "redis://localhost:6379/1"
       }
     ]
   }