Install Redis

install-redis.sh

#!/bin/bash
# from here: http://www.codingsteps.com/install-redis-2-6-on-amazon-ec2-linux-ami-or-centos/
# and here: https://raw.github.com/gist/257849/9f1e627e0b7dbe68882fa2b7bdb1b2b263522004/redis-server
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# To use: 
# wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/four43/e00d01ca084c5972f229/raw/install-redis.sh
# chmod 777 install-redis.sh
# ./install-redis.sh
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echo "*****************************************"
echo " 1. Prerequisites: Install updates, set time zones, install GCC and make"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo yum -y install gcc gcc-c++ make 
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 2. Download, Untar and Make Redis 2.6"
echo "*****************************************"
cd /usr/local/src
sudo wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf redis-stable.tar.gz
sudo rm redis-stable.tar.gz -f
cd redis-stable
sudo make
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 3. Create Directories and Copy Redis Files"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo mkdir /etc/redis /var/lib/redis
sudo cp src/redis-server src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 4. Configure Redis.Conf"
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Edit redis.conf as follows:"
echo " 1: ... daemonize yes"
echo " 2: ... bind 127.0.0.1"
echo " 3: ... dir /var/lib/redis"
echo " 4: ... loglevel notice"
echo " 5: ... logfile /var/log/redis.log"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo sed -e "s/^daemonize no$/daemonize yes/" -e "s/^# bind 127.0.0.1$/bind 127.0.0.1/" -e "s/^dir \.\//dir \/var\/lib\/redis\//" -e "s/^loglevel verbose$/loglevel notice/" -e "s/^logfile stdout$/logfile \/var\/log\/redis.log/" redis.conf | sudo tee /etc/redis/redis.conf
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 5. Download init Script"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/four43/c8bdd494292dcb1e2d38/raw/redis-server
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 6. Move and Configure Redis-Server"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo mv redis-server /etc/init.d
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/redis-server
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 7. Auto-Enable Redis-Server"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo chkconfig --add redis-server
sudo chkconfig --level 345 redis-server on
echo "*****************************************"
echo " 8. Start Redis Server"
echo "*****************************************"
sudo service redis-server start
echo "*****************************************"
echo " Complete!"
echo " You can test your redis installation using the redis console:"
echo "   $ src/redis-cli"
echo "   redis> set foo bar"
echo "   OK"
echo "   redis> get foo"
echo "   bar"
echo "*****************************************"

Install Redis - Useful for installing Redis (http://redis.io/)

This is specifically useful when your distribution doesn't have a package for the Redis server and you must install it yourself. Amazon Linux on AWS EC2, for example needs a script like this.

Best practices taken from fork's comments and applied.

NOTE: This gets the latest version of redis! They may have breaking changes between major version releases. You may want to fork this and lock into a version if using in production.

Works like a charm! thank you!

Thank you for sharing this script with us! It works perfectly on Amazon EC2!

God Bless you man!

Thanks for sharing this. Worked perfectly.

Thank you!

Thank you

Might want to check your config file-- logfile not getting set in for redis version 3.2.1