Getting Started with Redis

Redis is an open-source, in-memory data structure store that can be used as a database, cache, and message broker. It supports various data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, and more. Redis is known for its high performance, scalability, and flexibility.

Installation

For installation we will use Docker.

redis/redis-stack

To start a Redis Stack container using the redis-stack image, run the following command in your terminal:

docker run -d --name redis-stack -p 6379:6379 -p 8001:8001 redis/redis-stack:late

This command will start a Redis Stack container in the background. The container will be accessible on port 6379 for Redis and port 8001 for the Redis Commander web interface.

If you go to http://localhost:8001 (opens in a new tab) in your browser, you will see the Redis Commander web interface.

Interaction with Redis via terminal

Firstly we need to find the docker image id of the Redis Stack container. Run the following command in your terminal:

docker ps

Then you will see something like this:

Then we need to execute a shell in the Redis Stack container. Run the following command in your terminal:

docker exec -it c1c1784be754 bash

Then you will see something like this:

root@c1c1784be754:/#

To test the connection to the Redis server, run the following command in your terminal:

redis-cli ping # PONG

To interact with Redis via the terminal, you can use the redis-cli command:

redis-cli

Summary

In this guide, we have learned how to install Redis using Docker and how to interact with Redis via the terminal.