How to stop redis-server autostart

Question

I am using Ubuntu to develop my website. Recently, I started to use redis.

When I started my computer, redis-server will start by its own.

What method can I stop my redis-server starting by itself?

Alible

// , Please post your version of Ubuntu. – Greensward

Answer 1

It seems that the redis-server package uses rc.d scripts, and the preferred way to deal with them in Ubuntu is using update-rc.d:

sudo update-rc.d redis-server disable

Should do the trick. You can also disable it in a certain runlevel only:

sudo update-rc.d redis-server disable 2 

Bark

did not work for me, getting update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/redis-server: file does not exist warning. Using Ubuntu 14.04 & Redis 3.0.7 which is the latest version available. – Stockjobber

@Stockjobber did you install the redis-server deb package using apt, or did you build it from sources or another installation method? – Bark

I built it from the sources since it is the way Redis guides: redis.io/download – Stockjobber

That explains it, this advice is for the Ubuntu package of redis. I don't know how vanilla redis handles init scripts, but this part of the README says it will be called "redis_<portnumber>", so sudo update-rc.d redis_6379 disable should work if it's on the default port. – Bark

@LinusGustavLarssonThiel that indeed works! Thanks, maybe it would make sense to edit the original answer? – Enchantress

This answer is outdated, see the other answer #11857698 – Doukhobor

Answer 2

For those looking for a more up-to-date solution. If your system is using systemd (Ubuntu 15.04 and up) the way to not launch it at start-up is:

sudo systemctl disable redis-server

systemctl admits "basically" these actions (check the following links for the complete list)

• disable. Don't launch at boot.
• enable. Launch at boot.
• start. Launch it now.
• stop. Stop it now.
• status. To check if is running

As written in this answer:

For more details, see enabling-and-disabling-services and for the very long answer see this post

For more details, see this post on Digital Ocean and the man page for systemctl.

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