Installing, configuring and using Redis on Ubuntu 16.04

use-redis-linux.md

Installation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install -y tcl8.5
wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-stable.tar.gz
tar xzf redis-stable.tar.gz
tar xzf redis-stable.tar.gz
make
make test
sudo make install

Once the program has been installed, use Redis' script that sets up Redis to run as backgroud daemon.

cd utils
sudo ./install_server.sh

Note: press enter to approve default options. The server will be running on port 6379.

Set Redis to automatically start at boot

sudo update-rc.d redis_6379 defaults

Use Redis

sudo service redis_6379 start
sudo service redis_6379 stop

Redis shell

redis-cli

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