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Install Redis-stable on Amazon AMI
1. Install Linux updates, set time zones, followed by GCC and Make
sudo yum -y update
sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Indianapolis \
/etc/localtime
sudo yum -y install gcc make
2. Download, Untar and Make Redis stable (check here http://redis.io/download)
cd /tmp
wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-stable.tar.gz
tar xzf redis-stable.tar.gz
cd redis-stable
make
3. Create Directories and Copy Redis Files
sudo mkdir /etc/redis
sudo mkdir /var/lib/redis
sudo cp src/redis-server src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp redis.conf /etc/redis/
4. Configure Redis.Conf
sudo vim /etc/redis/redis.conf
[..]
daemonize yes
[..]
[..]
bind 127.0.0.1
[..]
[..]
dir /var/lib/redis
[..]
5. Download init Script
cd /tmp
wget https://raw.github.com/saxenap/install-redis-amazon-linux-centos/master/redis-server
6. Move and Configure Redis-Server
Note: The redis-server to be moved below is the one downloaded in 5 above.
sudo mv redis-server /etc/init.d
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/redis-server
sudo vim /etc/init.d/redis-server
redis="/usr/local/bin/redis-server"
7. Auto-Enable Redis-Server
sudo chkconfig --add redis-server
sudo chkconfig --level 345 redis-server on
8. Start Redis Server
sudo service redis-server start
// Taken from http://codingsteps.com/install-redis-2-6-on-amazon-ec2-linux-ami-or-centos/ and updated.
// Stolen from FUT / install-redis.sh and updated.
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