Redis Overview¶

Redis is an open source, BSD-licensed, advanced key-value cache and store — often called a data structure server, since keys can hold strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bitmaps, and HyperLogLogs, not just plain values. Reference: redis.io.

Install¶

sudo aptitude -y install redis-server
# or, on RPM-based distros:
sudo yum -y install redis

Back up the default config before making changes:

cp /etc/redis/redis.conf{,.orig}

Where to Go Next¶

• CLI Basics — everyday commands
• Cluster — building a multi-node Redis Cluster
• Database GUI Clients — RedisInsight and other GUI options are covered there, alongside clients for the other databases in this section