ubuntu_redis_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

cd ~/

mkdir /opt/redis

RedisVersion=2.6.11

wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-$RedisVersion.tar.gz
tar -zxvf redis-$RedisVersion.tar.gz
cd redis-$RedisVersion
make

cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/redis.conf /opt/redis/redis.conf.default
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/redis.conf /opt/redis/redis.conf
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/src/redis-benchmark /opt/redis/
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/src/redis-cli /opt/redis/
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/src/redis-server /opt/redis/
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/src/redis-check-aof /opt/redis/
cp ~/redis-$RedisVersion/src/redis-check-dump /opt/redis/

cd /opt

wget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/629-redis-init-deb.sh
# edit the file and update it to /opt/redis not /opt/redis/bin
mv /opt/init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/redis

adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group redis

chmod +x /etc/init.d/redis
chown -R redis:redis /opt/redis
touch /var/log/redis.log
chown redis:redis /var/log/redis.log
update-rc.d -f redis defaults

/etc/init.d/redis start