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Instructions to DUMP localy a Elasticache Redis database

Connect to Redis CLI

$ redis-cli

Enable the current redis as a slave for the master node

127.0.0.1:6379> SLAVEOF master-node-address.0001.euw1.cache.amazonaws.com 6379

Issue a sync command, starting sync operations

127.0.0.1:6379> SYNC

Start save the sabe to the dump.rdb file

127.0.0.1:6379> BGSAVE

127.0.0.1:6379> SLAVEOF NO ONE

127.0.0.1:6379> EXIT

Usefull commands

Fetch the number of keys inside the database

127.0.0.1:6379> DBSIZE

Find the location of the configuration file we need this to find out where is Redis data folder

$ redis-cli INFO | grep file
config_file:/usr/local/etc/redis.conf

Location where the .rdb data files are stored

$ cat /usr/local/etc/redis.conf | grep dir --color
dir /usr/local/var/db/redis/
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