How to install Redis 3.2 on CentOS 6 and 7

WhatisRedis?

Redisisaflexibleopen-source,keyvaluedatastore,usedasadatabase,cacheandmessagebroker.Redisallowstheusertostorevastamountsofdatawithoutthelimitsofarelationaldatabase.Inordertoachieveitsoutstandingperformance,Redisworkswithanin-memorydataset.Dependingonyourusecase,youcanpersistiteitherbydumpingthedatasettodiskeveryonceinawhile,orbyappendingeachcommandtoalog.Persistencecanbeoptionallydisabled,ifyoujustneedafeature-rich,networked,in-memorycache.

Installnecessarypackages

OnCentOS6:

yuminstallwgetmakegcctcl

OnCentOS7

yuminstallwgetmakegcc

InstallRedis3.2

ForinstallingRedis3.2youhavetodownloadthesourcefileandcompileitbecauseRedis3.2isnotavailableinanyrepositoryyet.OnCentOS6andCentOS7

wget'target='_blank'>http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-3.2.8.tar.gz[/code]Nowyouhavetoextractthefilethatyoujustdownloadedbytyping:
tar-xvzfredis-3.2.8.tar.gz
Changedirectorywiththecommandbelow:
cdredis-3.2.8
It’stimetocompileyourRedisstepbystep:
cddeps
makehiredisluajemalloclinenoise
makegeohash-int
Nowrunbelowcommandtogetbacktotheparentdirectoryandrunthenextcommand:
cd../makemakeinstall
Andforgettingsurerunningatest:
maketest
It’sgoingtotakeafewminutes,youcancheckthateverythingisok.
Installinitscript
Inthissection,wearegoingtoinstall“initscript”tomanagetheprocessofRedis.
cdutils./install_server.sh
Youwillbepromptforsomeconfigurationyoucanhit“Enter”toacceptallthedefaultvaluesoryoucansetyours.Finally,yourRedisserverisinstalledandyoucanstarttheservicebythecommandbelow:ForCentOS6
serviceredis_6379start
ForCentOS7
systemctlstartredis_6379
IfyouwanttotestyourRedisserveryoucaneasilyusetheinstructionbelow:
redis-cli>settest"HugeServer">gettest
Theanswershouldbe“HugeServer”IfyouneedacontrolpanelforyourRedisServeryoumayusePhpredminorRedmon