Install redis on Centos 6

redisInstall

#Download and unzip
wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-2.8.19.tar.gz
tar xzvf redis-2.8.19.tar.gz

#Deps to compile and test
sudo yum install gcc tcl

#Compile
cd redis-2.8.19
cd deps
make hiredis jemalloc linenoise lua
cd ..
make
make test #just to be sure :)

#Install
sudo make install
sudo mkdir /etc/redis
sudo cp redis.conf /etc/redis
sudo cp sentinel.conf /etc/redis

#configure the machine
sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf #put this line somewhere: vm.overcommit_memory=1
sudo sysctl vm.overcommit_memory=1
sudo sysctl -w fs.file-max=100000
sudo sysctl -w net.core.somaxconn=1024

#Service
#Download this script as redis-server in your /etc/ini.d/, https://gist.github.com/tahajahangir/155176867afed0ff80ad
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/filipelenfers/df1e8b7d2aab3e77c6b6/raw/a296cbd89a73cf04c9283dd6a6fdf88c297a0e9d/redis-server
sudo cp redis-server /etc/init.d/
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/redis-server
sudo vi /etc/redis/redis.conf #Change the line with "daemonize no" to "daemonize yes"
sudo chkconfig --add redis-server
sudo chkconfig --level 345 redis-server on
sudo service redis start    (stop/restart)