How To Install Redis on Debian 10

[webxtek]

Hi,

Here's how to install Redis on Debian 10:

You must have shell access with sudo privileged account access to Debian 10 system. First of all, log in to your system and upgrade the current packages.


1st run:

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sudo apt update 

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sudo apt upgrade

2nd run

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sudo apt install redis-server

After installation, enable Redis service to start on system boot.

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sudo systemctl enable redis-server

Now navigate to your /etc/redis/redis.conf file and add this 2 lines on the end of the file:

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maxmemory 256mb
maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru

The above configuration tells Redis to remove any key using the LRU algorithm when the max memory of 256mb is reached. Save the configuration file and restart the Redis service:

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sudo systemctl restart redis-server

Install Redis PHP Extension (This is an optional step. If you need to connect Redis from PHP application, You need to install Redis PHP extension on your Debian system. To install Redis PHP extension, simply type:)

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sudo apt install php-redis

The installer will automatically enable redis extension for all the pre installed PHP versions. If you installer new PHP version after this, you can use below command to enable redis module. For example to enable extension for PHP 7.4, type:

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sudo phpenmod -v 7.4 -s ALL redis

Now Connect to Redis Server


Use redis-cli tool to verify the connection between the Redis server

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redis-cli

127.0.0.1:6379> ping
PONG

Few more examples of redis-cli command line tool:

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$ redis-cli info
$ redis-cli info stats
$ redis-cli info server

This tutorial helps you with the installation of Redis server on Debian 10 system.

[dpeca]

Thanks a lot <3