A redis-server startup script that allows redis-server to run as a non-root user (modified from one of the many other scripts already done). Ensure that the redis files and directories in your redis.conf file has the proper permissions.

redis-server

#!/bin/sh
#
# redis - this script starts and stops the redis-server daemon
#
# chkconfig:   234 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
USER=redis
CONF_FILE="/etc/redis/redis.conf"

prog=$(basename $redis)


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

lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/redis

start() {
    [ -x $redis ] || exit 5
    [ -f $CONF_FILE ] || exit 6
    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
    daemon --user=$USER $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
}

redis_status() {
    status $prog
}

redis_status_q() {
    redis_status >/dev/null 2>&1
}

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