Installation & Setup in Redis

From the Redis cheat sheet · Installation & Basics · verified Jul 2026

Installation & Setup

Installing Redis on different platforms

bash
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install redis-server

# macOS with Homebrew
brew install redis

# Docker
docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis

# Start Redis server
redis-server

# Connect with CLI
redis-cli
⚡ In-memory data store for high performance
📦 Available in most package managers
🔧 Default port 6379
💾 Optional persistence with AOF/RDB

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