AWS redis-cli on EC2

aws-ec2-redis-cli.md

Setup redis-cli on AWS EC2

SSH into your EC2 instance. Run the following:

$ sudo yum install gcc This may return an "already installed" message. That's OK.

$ wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz && tar xvzf redis-stable.tar.gz && cd redis-stable && make

See: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/UserGuide/GettingStarted.ConnectToCacheNode.Redis.html

On Amazon Linux you can use this:

$ sudo yum install gcc openssl-devel
$ wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz && tar xvzf redis-stable.tar.gz && cd redis-stable && make BUILD_TLS=yes

and then connect using this:

$ src/redis-cli -h conn-string-elasticache.amazonaws.com -p 6379 --tls

// If you have auth
$ src/redis-cli -h conn-string-elasticache.amazonaws.com -p 6379 --tls -a password

This is the way!! Thanks @amitsaxena

Very Simple:

For Ubuntu/Debian-based Systems

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis-tools

For Amazon Linux/RedHat-based Systems
sudo yum install redis

for more help feel free to reach out at [email protected]

With AL2, this is the most straightforward method:
sudo amazon-linux-extras install -y redis6

With AL2, this is the most straightforward method: sudo amazon-linux-extras install -y redis6

Thanks! 👍

Needs an update for AL2023...