Install and Configure Redis on CentOS

install-redis.sh

# Suppose the system is up-to-dated, otherwise:
# sudo yum update -y
yum install -y gcc
version=2.4.11
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-$version.tar.gz
tar -xf redis-$version.tar.gz
cd redis-$version
make
make install
mkdir -p /etc/redis
sed -i 's/daemonize no/daemonize yes/g' redis.conf
mkdir -p /var/lib/redis
sed -i 's/dir .\//dir \/var\/lib\/redis/g' redis.conf
cp redis.conf /etc/redis
wget https://raw.github.com/gist/2477447/f1427aba41abb8735fe5dea1e216f5ad981c282b/redis-server
mv redis-server /etc/init.d
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/redis-server
chkconfig --add redis-server
chkconfig --level 345 redis-server on
cd ..
rm -rf redis-$version
rm redis-$version.tar.gz
service redis-server start

redis-server

#!/bin/sh
#
# redis - this script starts and stops the redis-server daemon
#
# chkconfig:   - 85 15 
# description:  Redis is a persistent key-value database
# processname: redis-server
# config:      /etc/redis/redis.conf
# config:      /etc/sysconfig/redis
# pidfile:     /var/run/redis.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ] && exit 0

redis="/usr/local/bin/redis-server"
prog=$(basename $redis)

REDIS_CONF_FILE="/etc/redis/redis.conf"

[ -f /etc/sysconfig/redis ] && . /etc/sysconfig/redis

lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/redis

start() {
    echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory
    [ -x $redis ] || exit 5
    [ -f $REDIS_CONF_FILE ] || exit 6
    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    daemon $redis $REDIS_CONF_FILE
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
    return $retval
}

stop() {
    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
    killproc $prog -QUIT
    retval=$?
    echo
    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
    return $retval
}

restart() {
    stop
    start
}

reload() {
    echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
    killproc $redis -HUP
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
}

force_reload() {
    restart
}

rh_status() {
    status $prog
}

rh_status_q() {
    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        rh_status_q && exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    stop)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
        $1
        ;;
    restart|configtest)
        $1
        ;;
    reload)
        rh_status_q || exit 7
        $1
        ;;
    force-reload)
        force_reload
        ;;
    status)
        rh_status
        ;;
    condrestart|try-restart)
        rh_status_q || exit 0
	    ;;
    *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
        exit 2
esac