want to run redis-server in background nonstop

Question

I have downloaded redis-2.6.16.tar.gz file and i installed sucessfully. After installed i run src/redis-server it worked fine.

But i don't want manually run src/redis-server everytime, rather i want redis-server running as background process continuously.

So far after installed i did following tasks:

1. vim redis.conf and i changed to

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
  daemonize yes

But same result i found. What mistake i did?

After redis run in background. I will run juggernaut also as background process with following command.

nohup node server.js

But i am not able to make redis run in background. Please provide some solution.

Mesomorph

What OS? After sudo apt-get install redis-server the server runs as you'd expect it too. – Wastrel

This is ubuntu OS, ok i will check this command. – Mesomorph

Here too. So why did you not install the package and be done with it? – Wastrel

As redis is already installed for installing with apt-get i have to uninstall my old one right, and with package i installed it before few month back it was working. So. – Mesomorph

Thanks lot man, you saved my time. From today i will never use the package for redis installation. – Mesomorph

Answer 1

Since Redis 2.6 it is possible to pass Redis configuration parameters using the command line directly. This is very useful for testing purposes.

redis-server --daemonize yes

Check if the process started or not:

ps aux | grep redis-server

Symphysis

Thanks for the answer, after this to see if its working on the background you could just use: redis-cli ping – Felspar

@AronisMariano and PONG for the response :) – Kwangju

And just add alias redis-server='redis-server --daemonize yes' to your ~/.bash_profile then you will get daemonize every time you type redis-server to your command line. – Arequipa

I wish that this flag was in the --help documentation. This helped me to load this directly from python using subprocess: subprocess.Popen(['redis-server', '--daemonize', 'yes']) – Acyclic

This helped me solve a production error within seconds! – Twist

The inevitable followup is how to stop/close a daemonized redis-server. redis-cli shutdown works for me. See more with: #49249729 – Bacteriophage

Answer 2

I think the best way is to use Redis' config file:

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
daemonize yes

Set daemonize to yes in the config file. Say the file is ~/.redis/redis.conf, then just run

$ redis-server ~/.redis/redis.conf

And it just works.

Eldon

Answer 3

Or you can simply run it as src/redis-server redis.conf&

Pearle

thanx i will make it try, for now problem get resolved. – Mesomorph

You can also pass configuration values on the command line, refer to the Redis configuration documentation: redis.io/topics/config To daemonize at the command line: redis-server --daemonize yes – Mehitable

More info on background jobs: digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/… – Susannesusceptibility

Answer 4

For windows:

Step 1: Install redis as a service

redis-server --server-install 

Step 2: Run background

redis-server --server-start 

Importunacy

Answer 5

To run redis server in background and ignore output .

nohup redis-server &

To check the server

ps aux | grep redis-server 

To Kill server

sudo service redis-server stop

Jonme

Answer 6

You can use PM2 when you want to run an application in the background.

• Download pm2 package as global by npm. https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2
  • npm i -g pm2
• Then you can start the redis server.
  • pm2 start "redis-server" --name redis-caching-session

You can check pm2 sessions by pm2 status command and get logs of redis server by pm2 logs redis-caching-server command.

Edit: After 9 years, I just saw this post :) This answer may help other people so why I want to share.

Monogenic

Indeed, it will really help those who are using Node.js and process manager pm2. Thanks for your valuable feedback. +1 – Mesomorph