diff --git a/streaming/database.js b/streaming/database.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f1d742143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streaming/database.js
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import pg from 'pg';
+import pgConnectionString from 'pg-connection-string';
+
+import { parseIntFromEnvValue } from './utils.js';
+
+/**
+ * @param {NodeJS.ProcessEnv} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
+ * @param {string} environment
+ * @returns {pg.PoolConfig} the configuration for the PostgreSQL connection
+ */
+export function configFromEnv(env, environment) {
+  /** @type {Record<string, pg.PoolConfig>} */
+  const pgConfigs = {
+    development: {
+      user: env.DB_USER || pg.defaults.user,
+      password: env.DB_PASS || pg.defaults.password,
+      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_development',
+      host: env.DB_HOST || pg.defaults.host,
+      port: parseIntFromEnvValue(env.DB_PORT, pg.defaults.port ?? 5432, 'DB_PORT')
+    },
+
+    production: {
+      user: env.DB_USER || 'mastodon',
+      password: env.DB_PASS || '',
+      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_production',
+      host: env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
+      port: parseIntFromEnvValue(env.DB_PORT, 5432, 'DB_PORT')
+    },
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * @type {pg.PoolConfig}
+   */
+  let baseConfig = {};
+
+  if (env.DATABASE_URL) {
+    const parsedUrl = pgConnectionString.parse(env.DATABASE_URL);
+
+    // The result of dbUrlToConfig from pg-connection-string is not type
+    // compatible with pg.PoolConfig, since parts of the connection URL may be
+    // `null` when pg.PoolConfig expects `undefined`, as such we have to
+    // manually create the baseConfig object from the properties of the
+    // parsedUrl.
+    //
+    // For more information see:
+    // https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/2280
+    //
+    // FIXME: clean up once brianc/node-postgres#3128 lands
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.password === 'string') baseConfig.password = parsedUrl.password;
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.host === 'string') baseConfig.host = parsedUrl.host;
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.user === 'string') baseConfig.user = parsedUrl.user;
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.port === 'string') {
+      const parsedPort = parseInt(parsedUrl.port, 10);
+      if (isNaN(parsedPort)) {
+        throw new Error('Invalid port specified in DATABASE_URL environment variable');
+      }
+      baseConfig.port = parsedPort;
+    }
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.database === 'string') baseConfig.database = parsedUrl.database;
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.options === 'string') baseConfig.options = parsedUrl.options;
+
+    // The pg-connection-string type definition isn't correct, as parsedUrl.ssl
+    // can absolutely be an Object, this is to work around these incorrect
+    // types, including the casting of parsedUrl.ssl to Record<string, any>
+    if (typeof parsedUrl.ssl === 'boolean') {
+      baseConfig.ssl = parsedUrl.ssl;
+    } else if (typeof parsedUrl.ssl === 'object' && !Array.isArray(parsedUrl.ssl) && parsedUrl.ssl !== null) {
+      /** @type {Record<string, any>} */
+      const sslOptions = parsedUrl.ssl;
+      baseConfig.ssl = {};
+
+      baseConfig.ssl.cert = sslOptions.cert;
+      baseConfig.ssl.key = sslOptions.key;
+      baseConfig.ssl.ca = sslOptions.ca;
+      baseConfig.ssl.rejectUnauthorized = sslOptions.rejectUnauthorized;
+    }
+
+    // Support overriding the database password in the connection URL
+    if (!baseConfig.password && env.DB_PASS) {
+      baseConfig.password = env.DB_PASS;
+    }
+  } else if (Object.hasOwn(pgConfigs, environment)) {
+    baseConfig = pgConfigs[environment];
+
+    if (env.DB_SSLMODE) {
+      switch(env.DB_SSLMODE) {
+      case 'disable':
+      case '':
+        baseConfig.ssl = false;
+        break;
+      case 'no-verify':
+        baseConfig.ssl = { rejectUnauthorized: false };
+        break;
+      default:
+        baseConfig.ssl = {};
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Unable to resolve postgresql database configuration.');
+  }
+
+  return {
+    ...baseConfig,
+    max: parseIntFromEnvValue(env.DB_POOL, 10, 'DB_POOL'),
+    connectionTimeoutMillis: 15000,
+    // Deliberately set application_name to an empty string to prevent excessive
+    // CPU usage with PG Bouncer. See:
+    // - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/23958
+    // - https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/349
+    application_name: '',
+  };
+}
+
+let pool;
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {pg.PoolConfig} config
+ * @returns {pg.Pool}
+ */
+export function getPool(config) {
+  if (pool) {
+    return pool;
+  }
+
+  pool = new pg.Pool(config);
+  return pool;
+}
diff --git a/streaming/index.js b/streaming/index.js
index 2267c469c0..d94649d6e2 100644
--- a/streaming/index.js
+++ b/streaming/index.js
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ import url from 'node:url';
 import cors from 'cors';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import express from 'express';
-import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
 import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
-import pg from 'pg';
-import pgConnectionString from 'pg-connection-string';
 import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
 
+import * as Database from './database.js';
 import { AuthenticationError, RequestError, extractStatusAndMessage as extractErrorStatusAndMessage } from './errors.js';
 import { logger, httpLogger, initializeLogLevel, attachWebsocketHttpLogger, createWebsocketLogger } from './logging.js';
 import { setupMetrics } from './metrics.js';
+import * as Redis from './redis.js';
 import { isTruthy, normalizeHashtag, firstParam } from './utils.js';
 
 const environment = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
@@ -48,23 +47,6 @@ initializeLogLevel(process.env, environment);
  * @property {string} deviceId
  */
 
-/**
- * @param {RedisConfiguration} config
- * @returns {Promise<Redis>}
- */
-const createRedisClient = async ({ redisParams, redisUrl }) => {
-  let client;
-
-  if (typeof redisUrl === 'string') {
-    client = new Redis(redisUrl, redisParams);
-  } else {
-    client = new Redis(redisParams);
-  }
-
-  client.on('error', (err) => logger.error({ err }, 'Redis Client Error!'));
-
-  return client;
-};
 
 /**
  * Attempts to safely parse a string as JSON, used when both receiving a message
@@ -97,177 +79,6 @@ const parseJSON = (json, req) => {
   }
 };
 
-/**
- * Takes an environment variable that should be an integer, attempts to parse
- * it falling back to a default if not set, and handles errors parsing.
- * @param {string|undefined} value
- * @param {number} defaultValue
- * @param {string} variableName
- * @returns {number}
- */
-const parseIntFromEnv = (value, defaultValue, variableName) => {
-  if (typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0) {
-    const parsedValue = parseInt(value, 10);
-    if (isNaN(parsedValue)) {
-      throw new Error(`Invalid ${variableName} environment variable: ${value}`);
-    }
-    return parsedValue;
-  } else {
-    return defaultValue;
-  }
-};
-
-/**
- * @param {NodeJS.ProcessEnv} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
- * @returns {pg.PoolConfig} the configuration for the PostgreSQL connection
- */
-const pgConfigFromEnv = (env) => {
-  /** @type {Record<string, pg.PoolConfig>} */
-  const pgConfigs = {
-    development: {
-      user: env.DB_USER || pg.defaults.user,
-      password: env.DB_PASS || pg.defaults.password,
-      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_development',
-      host: env.DB_HOST || pg.defaults.host,
-      port: parseIntFromEnv(env.DB_PORT, pg.defaults.port ?? 5432, 'DB_PORT')
-    },
-
-    production: {
-      user: env.DB_USER || 'mastodon',
-      password: env.DB_PASS || '',
-      database: env.DB_NAME || 'mastodon_production',
-      host: env.DB_HOST || 'localhost',
-      port: parseIntFromEnv(env.DB_PORT, 5432, 'DB_PORT')
-    },
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * @type {pg.PoolConfig}
-   */
-  let baseConfig = {};
-
-  if (env.DATABASE_URL) {
-    const parsedUrl = pgConnectionString.parse(env.DATABASE_URL);
-
-    // The result of dbUrlToConfig from pg-connection-string is not type
-    // compatible with pg.PoolConfig, since parts of the connection URL may be
-    // `null` when pg.PoolConfig expects `undefined`, as such we have to
-    // manually create the baseConfig object from the properties of the
-    // parsedUrl.
-    //
-    // For more information see:
-    // https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/2280
-    //
-    // FIXME: clean up once brianc/node-postgres#3128 lands
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.password === 'string') baseConfig.password = parsedUrl.password;
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.host === 'string') baseConfig.host = parsedUrl.host;
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.user === 'string') baseConfig.user = parsedUrl.user;
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.port === 'string') {
-      const parsedPort = parseInt(parsedUrl.port, 10);
-      if (isNaN(parsedPort)) {
-        throw new Error('Invalid port specified in DATABASE_URL environment variable');
-      }
-      baseConfig.port = parsedPort;
-    }
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.database === 'string') baseConfig.database = parsedUrl.database;
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.options === 'string') baseConfig.options = parsedUrl.options;
-
-    // The pg-connection-string type definition isn't correct, as parsedUrl.ssl
-    // can absolutely be an Object, this is to work around these incorrect
-    // types, including the casting of parsedUrl.ssl to Record<string, any>
-    if (typeof parsedUrl.ssl === 'boolean') {
-      baseConfig.ssl = parsedUrl.ssl;
-    } else if (typeof parsedUrl.ssl === 'object' && !Array.isArray(parsedUrl.ssl) && parsedUrl.ssl !== null) {
-      /** @type {Record<string, any>} */
-      const sslOptions = parsedUrl.ssl;
-      baseConfig.ssl = {};
-
-      baseConfig.ssl.cert = sslOptions.cert;
-      baseConfig.ssl.key = sslOptions.key;
-      baseConfig.ssl.ca = sslOptions.ca;
-      baseConfig.ssl.rejectUnauthorized = sslOptions.rejectUnauthorized;
-    }
-
-    // Support overriding the database password in the connection URL
-    if (!baseConfig.password && env.DB_PASS) {
-      baseConfig.password = env.DB_PASS;
-    }
-  } else if (Object.hasOwn(pgConfigs, environment)) {
-    baseConfig = pgConfigs[environment];
-
-    if (env.DB_SSLMODE) {
-      switch(env.DB_SSLMODE) {
-      case 'disable':
-      case '':
-        baseConfig.ssl = false;
-        break;
-      case 'no-verify':
-        baseConfig.ssl = { rejectUnauthorized: false };
-        break;
-      default:
-        baseConfig.ssl = {};
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  } else {
-    throw new Error('Unable to resolve postgresql database configuration.');
-  }
-
-  return {
-    ...baseConfig,
-    max: parseIntFromEnv(env.DB_POOL, 10, 'DB_POOL'),
-    connectionTimeoutMillis: 15000,
-    // Deliberately set application_name to an empty string to prevent excessive
-    // CPU usage with PG Bouncer. See:
-    // - https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/23958
-    // - https://github.com/pgbouncer/pgbouncer/issues/349
-    application_name: '',
-  };
-};
-
-/**
- * @typedef RedisConfiguration
- * @property {import('ioredis').RedisOptions} redisParams
- * @property {string} redisPrefix
- * @property {string|undefined} redisUrl
- */
-
-/**
- * @param {NodeJS.ProcessEnv} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
- * @returns {RedisConfiguration} configuration for the Redis connection
- */
-const redisConfigFromEnv = (env) => {
-  // ioredis *can* transparently add prefixes for us, but it doesn't *in some cases*,
-  // which means we can't use it. But this is something that should be looked into.
-  const redisPrefix = env.REDIS_NAMESPACE ? `${env.REDIS_NAMESPACE}:` : '';
-
-  let redisPort = parseIntFromEnv(env.REDIS_PORT, 6379, 'REDIS_PORT');
-  let redisDatabase = parseIntFromEnv(env.REDIS_DB, 0, 'REDIS_DB');
-
-  /** @type {import('ioredis').RedisOptions} */
-  const redisParams = {
-    host: env.REDIS_HOST || '127.0.0.1',
-    port: redisPort,
-    // Force support for both IPv6 and IPv4, by default ioredis sets this to 4,
-    // only allowing IPv4 connections:
-    // https://github.com/redis/ioredis/issues/1576
-    family: 0,
-    db: redisDatabase,
-    password: env.REDIS_PASSWORD || undefined,
-  };
-
-  // redisParams.path takes precedence over host and port.
-  if (env.REDIS_URL && env.REDIS_URL.startsWith('unix://')) {
-    redisParams.path = env.REDIS_URL.slice(7);
-  }
-
-  return {
-    redisParams,
-    redisPrefix,
-    redisUrl: typeof env.REDIS_URL === 'string' ? env.REDIS_URL : undefined,
-  };
-};
-
 const PUBLIC_CHANNELS = [
   'public',
   'public:media',
@@ -291,10 +102,12 @@ const CHANNEL_NAMES = [
 ];
 
 const startServer = async () => {
-  const pgPool = new pg.Pool(pgConfigFromEnv(process.env));
+  const pgPool = Database.getPool(Database.configFromEnv(process.env, environment));
 
   const metrics = setupMetrics(CHANNEL_NAMES, pgPool);
 
+  const redisConfig = Redis.configFromEnv(process.env);
+  const redisClient = Redis.createClient(redisConfig, logger);
   const server = http.createServer();
   const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true });
 
@@ -386,9 +199,7 @@ const startServer = async () => {
    */
   const subs = {};
 
-  const redisConfig = redisConfigFromEnv(process.env);
-  const redisSubscribeClient = await createRedisClient(redisConfig);
-  const redisClient = await createRedisClient(redisConfig);
+  const redisSubscribeClient = Redis.createClient(redisConfig, logger);
   const { redisPrefix } = redisConfig;
 
   // When checking metrics in the browser, the favicon is requested this
diff --git a/streaming/redis.js b/streaming/redis.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..208d6ae078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/streaming/redis.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Redis } from 'ioredis';
+
+import { parseIntFromEnvValue } from './utils.js';
+
+/**
+ * @typedef RedisConfiguration
+ * @property {import('ioredis').RedisOptions} redisParams
+ * @property {string} redisPrefix
+ * @property {string|undefined} redisUrl
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @param {NodeJS.ProcessEnv} env the `process.env` value to read configuration from
+ * @returns {RedisConfiguration} configuration for the Redis connection
+ */
+export function configFromEnv(env) {
+  // ioredis *can* transparently add prefixes for us, but it doesn't *in some cases*,
+  // which means we can't use it. But this is something that should be looked into.
+  const redisPrefix = env.REDIS_NAMESPACE ? `${env.REDIS_NAMESPACE}:` : '';
+
+  let redisPort = parseIntFromEnvValue(env.REDIS_PORT, 6379, 'REDIS_PORT');
+  let redisDatabase = parseIntFromEnvValue(env.REDIS_DB, 0, 'REDIS_DB');
+
+  /** @type {import('ioredis').RedisOptions} */
+  const redisParams = {
+    host: env.REDIS_HOST || '127.0.0.1',
+    port: redisPort,
+    // Force support for both IPv6 and IPv4, by default ioredis sets this to 4,
+    // only allowing IPv4 connections:
+    // https://github.com/redis/ioredis/issues/1576
+    family: 0,
+    db: redisDatabase,
+    password: env.REDIS_PASSWORD || undefined,
+  };
+
+  // redisParams.path takes precedence over host and port.
+  if (env.REDIS_URL && env.REDIS_URL.startsWith('unix://')) {
+    redisParams.path = env.REDIS_URL.slice(7);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    redisParams,
+    redisPrefix,
+    redisUrl: typeof env.REDIS_URL === 'string' ? env.REDIS_URL : undefined,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {RedisConfiguration} config
+ * @param {import('pino').Logger} logger
+ * @returns {Redis}
+ */
+export function createClient({ redisParams, redisUrl }, logger) {
+  let client;
+
+  if (typeof redisUrl === 'string') {
+    client = new Redis(redisUrl, redisParams);
+  } else {
+    client = new Redis(redisParams);
+  }
+
+  client.on('error', (err) => logger.error({ err }, 'Redis Client Error!'));
+
+  return client;
+}
diff --git a/streaming/utils.js b/streaming/utils.js
index 4610bf660d..47c63dd4ca 100644
--- a/streaming/utils.js
+++ b/streaming/utils.js
@@ -59,3 +59,23 @@ export function firstParam(arrayOrString) {
     return arrayOrString;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Takes an environment variable that should be an integer, attempts to parse
+ * it falling back to a default if not set, and handles errors parsing.
+ * @param {string|undefined} value
+ * @param {number} defaultValue
+ * @param {string} variableName
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+export function parseIntFromEnvValue(value, defaultValue, variableName) {
+  if (typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0) {
+    const parsedValue = parseInt(value, 10);
+    if (isNaN(parsedValue)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid ${variableName} environment variable: ${value}`);
+    }
+    return parsedValue;
+  } else {
+    return defaultValue;
+  }
+}