Compile latest redis on CentOS 6

As of the time of writing, nobody has a redis package made for CentOS 6. The latest redis on CentOS is 2.2 but 2.4 is better than 2.2 thus it's better to compile your own.

To do so, just follow this:

yum install make gcc wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.4.0.tar.gz tar xzf redis-2.4.0.tar.gz cd redis-2.40 make

Once it's done you should be able to do a ls src to see redis-server and other compiled binaries.

All that's left is to:

cp src/redis-check-dump src/redis-check-aof src/redis-benchmark src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin cp src/redis-server /usr/local/sbin mkdir /etc/redis cp redis.conf /etc/redis/6379.conf cp utils/redis_init_script /etc/init.d/redis_6379 mkdir /var/log/redis/ mkdir /var/redis/ mkdir /var/redis/6379/ useradd -M -r --home-dir /var/redis redis touch /var/log/redis/6379.log chown -R redis:redis /var/log/redis/ /var/redis/

vi /etc/init.d/redis_6379Edit as required.

vi /etc/redis/6379.confSet demonize to yes
Set pidfile to /var/run/redis_6379.pid
Set logfile to /var/log/redis/6379.log
Set dir to /var/redis/6379

chkconfig --add redis_6379 chkconfig redis_6379 on

Note what I have done is basically setup a script to run redis on port 6379 only. This is not the same as other tutorials and init scripts out there that assumes you're running one instance. The reason I've done it like this is because according to: http://redis.io/topics/faq redis is single threaded, and in order to take advantage of multi-core systems, it is advised to instantiate a seperate instance in a different port.

Unfortunately, I'm no expert in init scripts so I used the default scripts which runs the service as root. It would be great if there is a script that is similar to the default script that runs the service as redis (which was my original intention as I added a redis user). I'll see if I can deal with this and update this post later.

To remove at a later date

Just rm -rf /var/log/redis /var/redis /etc/redis and remove redis-* from /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin and remove redis_* from /etc/init.d and chkconfig. You may also remove the redis user.

To update at a later date

Compile as I've done above the new version into a new directory and replace the binaries in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin, use the new config file as base if a lot has changed, otherwise you should be able to use the old one in /etc/redis/

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CentOS
redis

Version

redis 2.4, CentOS 6

Last Updated

17^th October, 2011

First Published

17^th October, 2011

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[ 10:33 ] 12^th December, 2011

Hey Siulun, I think the start script header needs a little tweaking, otherwise chkconfig will not "--add" the script: #!/bin/sh # # redis_6379 Startup script for redis on port 6379 # # chkconfig: 2345 85 15 # description: The redis server is a fast key-value store, and more. # processname: redis-server # config: /etc/redis/6379.conf # pidfile: /var/run/redis_6379.pid I think the first 6 lines starting from #!/bin/bash is compulsory for chkconfig to "--add" your script.