Mac Dev Env: Redis

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Dependencies: None
Version: 3.2.3

Redis is an open source, BSD licensed, advanced key-value store.

Get the Code

Switch to /usr/local/src and download the source package.

cd /usr/local/src
curl --remote-name http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-VERSION.tar.gz

Extract the archive and move into the folder.

tar -xzvf redis-VERSION.tar.gz
cd redis-VERSION

Compile and Install

Configure, compile and install into /usr/local/redis-VERSION.

make
make PREFIX=/usr/local/redis-VERSION install

Create a symbolic link that points /usr/local/redis to /usr/local/redis-VERSION.

ln -s redis-VERSION /usr/local/redis

Shell

Execute the following lines to update your Bash startup script.

echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/redis/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile

Load the new shell configurations.

source ~/.bash_profile

Database

Create a folder that will contain your database. My database is located in /usr/local/var/redis. You can place your database wherever you'd like but make sure you update the path when mentioned throughout this article.

mkdir -p /usr/local/var/redis

Configuration File

Create a configuration file so you can make changes to your configuration without messing around with command line arguments.

nano /usr/local/redis/redis.conf

Copy and paste the following text into the aforementioned file.

# Data folder
dir /usr/local/var/redis
# Bind to localhost
bind 127.0.0.1

Manual Start/Stop

To start the Redis server.

redis-server /usr/local/redis/redis.conf

Press CTRL-C to stop the Redis server.

Automatically Start the Server at Boot

Create a configuration file for Launchd.

nano ~/Library/LaunchAgents/io.redis.redis-server.plist

Copy and paste the following text into the aforementioned file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>io.redis.redis-server</string>

    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/local/redis/bin/redis-server</string>
      <string>/usr/local/redis/redis.conf</string>
    </array>

    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/usr/local/var/log/redis.log</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/usr/local/var/log/redis.log</string>

    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/io.redis.redis-server.plist

Deregister with Launchd. Kill the process manually.

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/io.redis.redis-server.plist

Verify the Installation

Verify that you have successfully installed Redis.

redis-server -v

Testing Redis

You can connect to the Redis server using the command line utility.

redis-cli

To test if everything is working correctly.

ping

To set a cache item.

set foo hello

To retrieve the cache item.

get foo

To exit the session.

quit

For more information on using Redis commands.