# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y redis-server
 
# RHEL / Amazon Linux
sudo dnf install -y redis
 
# Start and enable
sudo systemctl enable --now redis-server
 
# Verify
redis-cli ping
# Expected output: PONG

# Network
bind 0.0.0.0
port 6379
protected-mode yes
requirepass strong_redis_password
 
# Memory
maxmemory 2gb
maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
 
# Connections
maxclients 10000
timeout 300
tcp-keepalive 60
 
# Logging
loglevel notice
logfile /var/log/redis/redis-server.log
 
# Security — disable dangerous commands in production
rename-command FLUSHALL ""
rename-command FLUSHDB ""
rename-command CONFIG ""
rename-command DEBUG ""

sudo systemctl restart redis-server

# Connect with authentication
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password
 
# Connect to a remote host
redis-cli -h 10.0.0.5 -p 6379 -a strong_redis_password

SET user:1:name "Alice"
GET user:1:name
 
# Set with TTL (seconds)
SETEX session:abc123 3600 '{"userId":1}'
 
# Set only if key does not exist (distributed lock pattern)
SET lock:order:42 "worker-1" NX EX 30
 
# Increment counters
INCR page:views:/home
INCRBY api:quota:user:1 -1

HSET user:1 name "Alice" email "alice@example.com" plan "pro"
HGET user:1 email
HGETALL user:1
HINCRBY user:1 login_count 1

LPUSH queue:emails '{"to":"alice@example.com","subject":"Welcome"}'
RPOP queue:emails
LLEN queue:emails
 
# Blocking pop (worker pattern)
BRPOP queue:emails 30

# Sets — unique tags
SADD article:1:tags "redis" "database" "caching"
SMEMBERS article:1:tags
SISMEMBER article:1:tags "redis"
 
# Sorted sets — leaderboards
ZADD leaderboard 1500 "player:1" 2300 "player:2" 1800 "player:3"
ZREVRANGE leaderboard 0 9 WITHSCORES
ZINCRBY leaderboard 100 "player:1"
ZRANK leaderboard "player:2"

KEYS user:*             # avoid in production — use SCAN instead
SCAN 0 MATCH user:* COUNT 100
TTL session:abc123
PERSIST session:abc123
DEL user:old
EXPIRE user:1 86400
TYPE user:1

# redis.conf — save snapshots at intervals
save 900 1       # snapshot if >= 1 key changed in 900 seconds
save 300 10      # snapshot if >= 10 keys changed in 300 seconds
save 60 10000    # snapshot if >= 10000 keys changed in 60 seconds
 
dbfilename dump.rdb
dir /var/lib/redis
rdbcompression yes

appendonly yes
appendfilename "appendonly.aof"
appendfsync everysec    # good balance of safety and performance
# Options: always (safest, slowest), everysec (recommended), no (OS decides)
 
# AOF rewrite thresholds
auto-aof-rewrite-percentage 100
auto-aof-rewrite-min-size 64mb

save 900 1
save 300 10
appendonly yes
appendfsync everysec

# /etc/redis/sentinel.conf
port 26379
sentinel monitor mymaster 10.0.0.1 6379 2
sentinel auth-pass mymaster strong_redis_password
sentinel down-after-milliseconds mymaster 5000
sentinel failover-timeout mymaster 60000
sentinel parallel-syncs mymaster 1

# Start Sentinel
redis-sentinel /etc/redis/sentinel.conf
 
# Query Sentinel
redis-cli -p 26379 SENTINEL masters
redis-cli -p 26379 SENTINEL get-master-addr-by-name mymaster
redis-cli -p 26379 SENTINEL replicas mymaster

# Create a 6-node cluster (3 masters + 3 replicas)
redis-cli --cluster create \
  10.0.0.1:6379 10.0.0.2:6379 10.0.0.3:6379 \
  10.0.0.4:6379 10.0.0.5:6379 10.0.0.6:6379 \
  --cluster-replicas 1 -a strong_redis_password
 
# Check cluster status
redis-cli -c -a strong_redis_password CLUSTER INFO
redis-cli -c -a strong_redis_password CLUSTER NODES
 
# Add a new node
redis-cli --cluster add-node 10.0.0.7:6379 10.0.0.1:6379
 
# Rebalance slots
redis-cli --cluster rebalance 10.0.0.1:6379

# redis.conf for cluster nodes
cluster-enabled yes
cluster-config-file nodes.conf
cluster-node-timeout 5000

# Cache a database query result for 5 minutes
SET cache:user:42:profile '{"name":"Alice","plan":"pro"}' EX 300
 
# Cache-aside pattern (pseudocode):
# 1. GET cache:key -> if hit, return
# 2. Query database
# 3. SET cache:key result EX 300
# 4. Return result

# Allow 100 requests per minute per user
# Using a sorted set with timestamps as scores
ZADD ratelimit:user:42 1700000000.123 "req-uuid-1"
ZREMRANGEBYSCORE ratelimit:user:42 0 1699999940.000
ZCARD ratelimit:user:42
EXPIRE ratelimit:user:42 60
# If ZCARD >= 100, reject the request

# Terminal 1 — subscriber
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password
SUBSCRIBE notifications:order-updates
 
# Terminal 2 — publisher
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password
PUBLISH notifications:order-updates '{"orderId":42,"status":"shipped"}'
 
# Pattern subscription
PSUBSCRIBE notifications:*

# Acquire lock
SET lock:resource:42 "worker-abc" NX EX 30
# Returns OK if acquired, nil if already held
 
# Release lock (use Lua script to ensure atomicity)
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password EVAL "
  if redis.call('get', KEYS[1]) == ARGV[1] then
    return redis.call('del', KEYS[1])
  else
    return 0
  end
" 1 lock:resource:42 "worker-abc"

# docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
 
services:
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    volumes:
      - redis_data:/data
      - ./redis.conf:/usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf:ro
    command: redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis/redis.conf
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "-a", "strong_redis_password", "ping"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
 
  redis-sentinel:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "26379:26379"
    volumes:
      - ./sentinel.conf:/usr/local/etc/redis/sentinel.conf
    command: redis-sentinel /usr/local/etc/redis/sentinel.conf
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
 
  redis-commander:
    image: rediscommander/redis-commander:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8081:8081"
    environment:
      REDIS_HOSTS: "local:redis:6379:0:strong_redis_password"
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
 
volumes:
  redis_data:

docker compose up -d
redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -a strong_redis_password ping

# Real-time stats
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password INFO stats
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password INFO memory
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password INFO replication
 
# Key metrics to watch
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password INFO stats | grep -E "keyspace_hits|keyspace_misses"
# Hit ratio = hits / (hits + misses) — aim for > 95%
 
# Memory usage breakdown
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password MEMORY STATS
 
# Slow log (queries > 10ms by default)
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password SLOWLOG GET 10
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password SLOWLOG LEN
 
# Monitor all commands in real time (debugging only — impacts performance)
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password MONITOR
 
# Connected clients
redis-cli -a strong_redis_password CLIENT LIST