How do I run Redis on Windows?

Question

How do I run Redis on Windows? The Redis download page just seems to offer *nix options.

Can I run Redis natively on Windows?

Wooded

Keep in mind that the most upvoted answer links to outdated repo with very old version of redis. If you need much newer version check my answer link – Subtraction

MSOpenTech just announced a production-ready build of Redis 2.8.4. It looks like my instructions for gathering up all the bits are still relevant though. – Boote

for local development setup - geekindulgence.com/… – Mure

I recommend using Docker on Windows with redis. few repos: - the official redis repo: hub.docker.com/_/redis - the redis-enterprise repo (clustered redis running Redis Cloud by Redis Labs): hub.docker.com/r/redislabs/redis – Misteach

Pay attention to the DATES of the answers (and comments), which is more important than upvotes for this particular question. MOST answers (including mine) are now outdated. Microsoft's native port appears to be discontinued. If you have the latest Windows 10, running Redis on Ubuntu on Windows appears to be quite possibly the best option. See here. – Boote

It looks like the MSFT port hasn't been updated since 2016. – Darling

Most answers are outdated and point to projects that are now abandoned. The MSOpenTech port was discontinued in 2016. See my answer for a solution that is up-to-date with the latest Redis (Redis 5, at the time of this writing). – Denise

I suggest using WSL for windows, redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10 – Talbert

all these versions are outdated where can found 6.0 version for windows. And why is they so difficult to find even when the Redis is used in almost all big projects? – Swarthy

# Redis Installation Link for Windows github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases – Gregson

you can use it compiled in cygwin see this instructions: github.com/meiry/redis5_compiled_for_windows10 – Muskellunge

Answer 1

Historically, Microsoft had a Windows port of redis, which was released as Redis-64, which offers a full distribution of redis for Windows.

The Microsoft port is now deprecated, but some alternatives have sprung up to fill that void:

• Memurai is the alternative officially recommended on the Redis-64 deprecation page; it is a commercial offering with free developer tier, maintained by Janea Systems
• redis-windows is another unofficial port, which also exists

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This release includes the redis-server.exe (memurai.exe on Memurai) application that runs a Redis instance as a service on your windows machine, as well as redis-cli.exe (memurai-cli.exe on Memurai) which you can use to interact with any Redis instance.

The RGL repository has historically been listed as an alternative Windows port for Redis, but this repository has not been maintained for some time and implements an older version of Redis than the Microsoft port.

Arlon

Wasn't one click for me. I've run the executable and still not sure how to get it to run – Quartic

After running the installer, I had to manually put a redis.conf file in c:\Program Files\Redis, as described in the readme. I just copied c:\program files\Redis\conf\redis-dist.conf. Then I could start the service from the services control panel (or 'net start redis' from a command line) – Loon

I had to edit the service and change the account to "local system", otherwise the service would not start. I did not have to copy any config files. – Dairyman

To get most recent variant of this nice solution that still works on Windows Server 2003 you should: 1. Install as is + tune permissions if you set another user to run service with 2. Change exe files to ones w version 2.6.12 from Todd's solution (see next) 3. Remove strings in \conf\redis.conf from ###### VIRTUAL MEMORY #### to the end – Diatropism

These versions are out of date years ago. The current recommendation is to use WSL. – Criseyde

Answer 2

Update

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it per Ogglas answer

Or follow these instructions to run a Redis database on Microsoft Windows

• 1. Turn on Windows Subsystem for Linux

  In Windows 10, Microsoft replaced Command Prompt with PowerShell as the default shell. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run this command to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):

  Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
  

  Reboot Windows after making the change — note that you only need to do this once.

• 2. Launch Microsoft Windows Store

  start ms-windows-store:
  

  Then search for Ubuntu, or your preferred distribution of Linux, and download the latest version.

• 3. Install Redis server

  Installing Redis is simple and straightforward. The following example works with Ubuntu (you'll need to wait for initialization and create a login upon first use):

  sudo apt-add-repository ppa:redislabs/redis
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade
  sudo apt-get install redis-server
  

  Please note that the sudo command might or mightn't be required based on the user configuration of your system.

• 4. Restart the Redis server

  Restart the Redis server as follows:

  sudo service redis-server restart
  

• 5. Verify if your Redis server is running

  Use the redis-cli command to test connectivity to the Redis database.

  $ redis-cli
  127.0.0.1:6379> set user:1 "Ben"
  127.0.0.1:6379> get user:1
  "Ben"
  

  Please note: By default, Redis has 0-15 indexes for databases, you can change that number of databases NUMBER in redis.conf.

• 6. Stop the Redis Server

  sudo service redis-server stop
  

Source :How to Install Redis on Windows

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I found one more simple way to install Redis under Windows

Download the latest Redis .msi file from

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases

after installation. The Redis service is installed, and we can operate it from Service manager

Dominquedominquez

Yep, best solution even though I upvoted a solution above. This one does not require to start redis-server.exe to use it. – Aversion

looks like work stopped at 3.2 pre-release but redis is now on 4.0 – Outherod

The most simple way to get an instance of redise under the windows. – Florenceflorencia

I got The operation could not be completed – Delarosa

The versions in github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases are outdated. Current recommendation is to use WSL. – Criseyde

Here is the official blog with this solution: redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10 – Sihon

I have it running and working with a program, but how do I access the webpage, I tried navigating to localhost:6379 but nothings there – Stagy

Answer 3

If you want to install MSOpenTech's latest port of Redis, on a Windows server, watched over by a Windows Service, without having to build anything yourself, read on.

MSOpenTech's seems to be the only port that is actively trying to keep up with the latest and greatest Redis. They claim it is production-ready, but they haven't exactly packaged it up neatly for installation on a server, especially if you want to run their RedisWatcher service to keep an eye on it, which is recommended. (I tried building RedisWatcher myself per their instructions, but the required Wix Toolset managed to mess up my system pretty good. I won't go into it.) Fortunately they've provided all the binaries you need, just not all in one place. From the README:

So far the RedisWatcher is not carried over to 2.6. However this should not be affected by the Redis version, and the code in the 2.4 branch should work with the Redis 2.6 binaries.

So you'll need to download binaries from 2 branches in order to get all the necessary bits. Without further ado, here are the steps:

1. Download and extract the Redis binaries from the 2.6 branch
2. Copy all extracted binaries to c:\redis\bin
3. Create another folder at c:\redis\inst1
4. Download and extract the RedisWatcher binaries from the 2.4 branch
5. Run InstallWatcher.msi. This should create a Windows service called Redis watcher.
6. Open up the Windows Services console and start the Redis watcher service.
7. (optional) RedisWatcher should have installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\RedisWatcher. There you'll find a config file called watcher.conf, which you can edit to set up additional instances, use different paths than I specified in steps 2 & 3, etc. You will not need to restart the service for changes to take effect.

Boote

You'll be happy to try this one. It works (on my Windows 2008 R2 64bit server at least). Takes you 5 minutes. – Sascha

I receive a nice error when running InstallWatcher.msi: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. – Bertha

At the end, if you want to know that it's installed and working fine, you can download the Redis Desktop Manager (github.com/uglide/RedisDesktopManager or via Chocolatey). By default, the Host is localhost running on port 6379. – Empty

Chocolatey for install it : geekindulgence.com/… Useful for development machine IMHO. For server, I'm confused it. – Income

redis 2.6.12 is the last version that works on Windows Server 2003. – Diatropism

Answer 4

The most updated (only few minor releases behind) version of Redis can be found here. This repository provides you with 3.2.100 version (current is 3.2) whereas the most upvoted answer gives you only 2.4.6 version and the last update to the repo was 2 years ago.

The installation is straightforward: just copy everything from the archive to any folder and run redis-server.exe to run the server and redis-cli.exe to connect to this server through the shell.

Subtraction

Straightforward if just want to run the exe, which I'd never do in a production environment without the watcher service, and they haven't provided binaries for that in the 2.6 branch for whatever reason. Fortunately the 2.4 version of the service is compatible with the 2.6 version of the exe - see my answer to get it all up an running. – Boote

@ToddMenier most probably no one would run exe in production environment, because people would use some linux system for this. This is how to set up redis to be able to play with it and to learn (and I do not see why would I need to run multiple instances of redis here) – Subtraction

I'm running it in production and it works great. That said, all else being equal you are right, Linux is the way to go. But we're a small Windows shop without much *nix expertise to speak of. – Boote

+1 ( for the img trick) . ps - how can I make my windows run the redis server without user login ? is there any service version for redis server executable ? for example - there server was reset , and now the logon window appear. but I want redis server - at that point - to be running. – Bonnett

Thanks, Salvador. This was just what I was looking for. To show my gratitude, I just gave you double credit. One upvote for the correct answer, and one upvote for pointing me away from the outdated, yet most upvoted answer. – Sharpnosed

github.com/microsoftarchive/redis/releases/tag/win-3.2.100 download the msi installer and install and cd to the installed directory and typ 'ping' to test and thats it – Maribelmaribelle

I prefer this method myself. +1 – Steinway

Answer 5

To install Redis for Windows

You can choose either from these sources

1. https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases or
2. https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads

Personally I preferred the first option

• Download Redis-x64-2.8.2104.zip

• Extract the zip to prepared directory

• run redis-server.exe or redis-server.exe --maxheap 2gb

• then run redis-cli.exe

You can start using Redis now, please refer for commands

Jetta

This worked for me (zip), i tried with the msi that is listed on the same link but didn't work. – Prot

Please note that you might get behavior that you click on "redis-server.exe" and nothing happens. Actually, you need to run that exe from command prompt and supply "--maxheap" param. Something like... "redis-server --maxheap 1024M" – Hygeia

This is the definitive answer. Easiest most reliable way to get "official" redis on windows. thx – Pouncey

Please note: just get the latest release. Happy coding! – Jetta

Yep, for windows :) – Extinguisher

I was wondering how this will translate to when we, for example, decide to host our application on a cloud? How will we instruct the cloud server to do these task, like starting redis-server.exe? – Kelsi

@AwshafIshtiaque this is just for local setup, there are a lot of options you can use redis in cloud, you can use fully manage in memory service like uptash redis vercel, elasticcache AWS,or host it to your nginx server for cloud. digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_collections/… – Jetta

Answer 6

Maybe its a little Late but, I was able to run Redis on Windows 10 Aniversary Update.
Windows 10 Aniversary Update Comes with Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, simply, it comes with bash.

Below are the two tutorial that I followed:

1- How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10
2- How To Install and Use Redis

Below is the image of running Redis.

Enjoy :)

Southey

As a note, I installed Ubuntu 18 from the Windows store and had to sudo apt install gcc make before I could get Redis installed and built. Ran into this one as well ;) #37103554 – Darling

How do you access this install from windows? – Palmy

you access it from Bash. and if you are running an application like Laravel you just need to setup the variables in environment file and redis will be available in your project. Because of its port 6379 – Southey

I had tried the instruction in link 2, it did not work for me but this did: redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10, with ubuntu 18.04 – Racecourse

This is the way to go (WSL), but the details are missing (are behind links). @Ogglas 's answer is the same but with the installation instructions. – Criseyde

Answer 7

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it like this:

Set up WSL:

1. To enable Windows Subsystem for Linux, follow the instructions on Microsoft Docs. The short version is: In Windows 10, Microsoft replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell as the default shell. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run this command to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):

   Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
   

2. Reboot Windows after making the change—note that you only need to do this one time.

3. Download and install one of the supported Linux distros from the Microsoft Store. Ubuntu works fine.
   Note that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS may give you some trouble because of a known issue with the realtime clock (as of August 2020). Choosing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS instead avoids that issue.

Install and Test Redis:

1. Launch the installed distro from your Windows Store and then install redis-server. The following example works with Ubuntu (you’ll need to wait for initialization and create a login upon first use):

   > sudo apt-get update
   > sudo apt-get upgrade
   > sudo apt-get install redis-server
   > redis-cli -v
   

2. Restart the Redis server to make sure it is running:

   > sudo service redis-server restart
   

3. Execute a simple Redis command to verify your Redis server is running and available:

   $ redis-cli 
   127.0.0.1:6379> set user:1 "Oscar"
   127.0.0.1:6379> get user:1
   "Oscar"
   

4. To stop your Redis server:

   > sudo service redis-server stop
   

Source:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

Disability

A note- the newest version for ubuntu in the store did not work for me. Had to uninstall and install the 18.04 version instead for redis to work. – Racecourse

This is the most up-to-date way to use Redis on Windows 10. – Criseyde

As per @JLI's comment above, there is a known issue with Ubuntu 20.04 in combination with WLS. Using 18.04 is easier than any of the fixes offered on the corresponding issue: github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4898 – Suzerainty

I'm using Debian via WLS and it's working just fine – Phipps

I'm using Win 10.0.18363.1198 + WSL 1 (confirmed using PS 'wsl -l -v') and Ubuntu 20.04 here without issues. Redis is running fine and receiving commands. This is not a production environment, but for dev+test all seems in order. – Gnosticism

Should be accepted as the right answer. Just wanted to confirm what @TomDibble has said, I tried using Ubuntu 20.04. There's a bit moment of stuck when I ran sudo apt-get upgrade, but I pressed CTRL + C which I thought would abort the operation, but then it sets up the downloaded package. I thought I have to install Ubuntu 18.04, but I continue with the redis installation first. And well, the rest of the command just works. Will update if I finally have to change back to 18.04. – Shoring

the most helpful post for this issue, thank you @Disability – Pogy

Answer 8

Go to the releases and you can get a ZIP file containing the relevant files as well as a Word document called RedisService.docx with the following instructions:

Installing the Service

--service-install

This must be the first argument on the redis-server command line. Arguments after this are passed in the order they occur to Redis when the service is launched. The service will be configured as Autostart and will be launched as "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService". Upon successful installation a success message will be displayed and Redis will exit. This command does not start the service.

For instance:

redis-server --service-install redis.windows.conf --loglevel verbose

And then later, in the same document, another example:

The following would install and start three separate instances of Redis as a service:

redis-server --service-install -–service-name redisService1 –port 10001

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService1

redis-server --service-install --service-name redisService2 –port 10002

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService2

redis-server --service-install --service-name redisService3 –port 10003

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService3

From what I can gather, this appears to be the new way forward rather than messing with a separate Windows service to monitor and restart the CLI.

Dumbwaiter

Current release (redis-2.8.12.zip) only works for x64 Windows. Try 2.6 branch for the x86 release, but this one doesn't run as a service: github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/tree/2.6/bin/release – Handcart

Is this method valid for 2.8? – Hydroscope

Do we need to install Visual Studio, just for installing Redis on Windows? How stupid. :| – Hydroscope

Binaries were moved to Releases page github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases – Subbasement

Thanks, Igor! I've updated the introductory paragraph above to reflect that change. – Dumbwaiter

Did this but the port command did not work, só I just tried: redis-server --service-install --service-name Redis And it worked – Xylidine

Answer 9

Download redis from Download Redis for windows

• Then install it
• open cmd with admin rights
• run command net start redis

Thats it.

Brosine

if you have not connected with redis For windows from Command Prompt, cd C:\Program Files\Redis and then redis-server – Picardi

Answer 10

MS Open Tech recently made a version of Redis available for download on Github. They say that it isn't production ready yet, but keep an eye on it.

Github repo

Download releases as MSIs

Fourscore

github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/tree/2.8.4_msopen/bin/release - There are some binaries now. – Lubumbashi

@arun I just checked and it works. Maybe there was a hiccup or github is blocked for you? – Fourscore

Hmm, I even logged in. Still doesn't work for me. But I am using Salvador Dali's solution now. – Calamanco

This answer is outdated havent been built new releases since 2016. latest recommendation is on windows10 to install under WSL – Sinus

github.com/tporadowski/redis has carried on with updating MS Open Tech to the ~latest versions of redis – Ire

Answer 11

You can use Memurai for Windows, a Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows, currently compatible with Redis 5. Memurai aims to fulfill the need for a supported Redis-compatible datastore on the Windows platform. At its core, it’s based on Redis source code, ported to run natively on Windows, and it’s designed to provide the level of reliability and performance required for production environments. Memurai is free for development and testing. You can learn more and download Memurai at https://www.memurai.com.

Alexis Campailla
CEO, Memurai

Denise

As much as I appreciate your efforts, that EULA is a no-no. Pass. – Ire

I think using this is the more up to date way to natively run Redis on Windows. – Godroon

Is there an open source edition or a limited feature production edition available ? – Antin

@Antin there is no open source or free production edition. However we have pricing plans that accommodate different (eg small startup) needs, so I recommend you reach out at memurai.com/contact – Denise

Answer 12

There are two ways. You can use MSI installation file or do it manually:

First download the msi or the zip file:

You can download both files from here:

https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases

Watch video tutorial (video covers example of both installations)

See this installation video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFhlv-gBXQ

Instruction - for those who can not YT at work:

You can download a moderately out-of-date precompiled version of Redis for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows thanks to Dusan Majkic from his GitHub page: https://github.com/dmajkic/redis/downloads. Go ahead and do that now.

After you download Redis, you’ll need to extract the executables from the zip file. As long as you’re using a version of Windows more recent than Windows XP, you should be able to extract Redis without any additional software. Do that now.

After you’ve extracted either the 32- or 64-bit version of Redis to a location of your choice (depending on your platform and preferences; remember that 64-bit Windows can run 32- or 64-bit Redis, but 32-bit Windows can only run 32-bit Redis), you can start Redis by double-clicking on the redis-server executable. After Redis has started, you should see a window similar to figure A.1.

src: https://redis.com/ebook/appendix-a/a-3-installing-on-windows/a-3-2-installing-redis-on-window/

Syconium

Man it would be nice if someone just wrote down what was in the video. Not everyone can youtube at work. – Melonymelos

In the downloaded zip archive, there is an instruction file in docx. Its copy in txt is also here: raw.githubusercontent.com/MSOpenTech/redis/3.0/… on github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis under the heading "How to configure and deploy Redis on Windows ". – Telekinesis

@Syconium Microsoft archive doesn't support newer version of redis, but in this address (github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases ) exists up to version 5 . – Adalie

Answer 13

Since MSOpenTech's port of Redis is no longer maintained - anyone interested in native port of Redis for Windows can now get the version 4.0.14 and 5.0.10 from here: https://github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases. This fork is a merge of latest 3.2.100 version from MSOpenTech and 4.0.14/5.0.10 from antirez/redis with a couple of bugfixes.

Propylene

Loved your solution – Gregson

Answer 14

I don't run redis on windows. There's too much hassle involved in keeping up with the ports, and they lag behind redis-stable by a version or two all the time.

Instead I run redis on a Vagrant virtual machine that runs redis for me. I've bundled up the whole thing into a simple github repo so everyone can get in on the fun without too much hassle. The whole thing is an automated build so there's no mess. I blogged about the details here.

Postmark

How to you access Redis once the vm boots? by IP? – Framboise

I think the port gets forwarded if I'm not mistaken – Framboise

@StephenPatten: Yeah, you should be able to access it at localhost:6379. – Postmark

Answer 15

To install Redis on Windows system follow the below steps:

1. Visit one of the below link:

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases (recommended) https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads

2. Download MSI file.
3. Follow the installation Wizard and install the program on your system. (do not change the installation path that is "C:\Program Files\Redis")
4. Search for "Edit system environment variable" on your start menu
5. Click on "Environment Variable" button
6. Select "Path" and click on "Edit"
7. Now click on "New"
8. Paste C:\Program Files\Redis (or the path in case you have changed while installing)
9. Click on "Okay", "Okay" and "Okay"

Now open your Terminal (command prompt) and run redis-cli

Well I am getting some error to open redis-server (It was working fine till now but not sure what's wrong so figuring out and will update this answer)

Monumentalize

I followed the same steps and it worked. Before renning the redis-cli make sure to run redis-server. – Antivenin

Both of those options are now very old and out of date versions of Redis. Getting the latest Docker version or using WSL are better options. – Akim

Why is this posted like a new answer when it repeats information in previous answers? – Recollect

Answer 16

I think these is the two most simple ways to run Redis on Windows

1 - Native (and updated) port for Windows

As described here on Option 3) Running Microsoft's native port of Redis:

1. Download the redis-latest.zip native 64bit Windows port of redis

wget https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/raw/master/downloads/redis-latest.zip

2. Extract redis64-latest.zip in any folder, e.g. in c:\redis

3. Run the redis-server.exe using the local configuration

cd c:\redis

redis-server.exe redis.conf

4. Run redis-cli.exe to connect to your redis instance

cd c:\redis

redis-cli.exe

2 - With Vagrant

You can use Redis on Windows with Vagrant, as described here:

1. Install Vagrant on Windows

2. Download the vagrant-redis.zip vagrant configuration

   wget https://raw.github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/master/downloads/vagrant-redis.zip

3. Extract vagrant-redis.zip in any folder, e.g. in c:\vagrant-redis

4. Launch the Virtual Box VM with vagrant up:

   cd c:\vagrant-redis

   vagrant up

This will launch a new Ubuntu VM instance inside Virtual Box that will automatically install and start the latest stable version of redis.

Morion

Also at this site is a way to run Redis w/o vagrant. In windows 8 I had it running in 2 minutes. – Sumptuous

This was helpful! Thanks! – Neutralize

Answer 17

If you're happy with a bit of Powershell, you can also get very up-to-date Windows binaries using Powershell and chocolatey.

First, add chocolatey to Powershell following the instructions here (one simple command line as admin): https://chocolatey.org/

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin

Then, use Powershell to get the redis package from chocolatey: http://chocolatey.org/packages/redis-64

choco install redis-64

Redis will be installed in something like C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\redis-64.2.8.9

Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\windows\system32> choco install redis-64 Chocolatey (v0.9.8.27) is installing 'redis-64' and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for 'redis-64' an d each dependency you are installing.

redis-64 v2.8.9 Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-benchmark.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-benchmark.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-check-aof.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-check-aof.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-check-dump.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-check-dump.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-cli.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-cli.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-server.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-server.exe'. Finished installing 'redis-64' and dependencies - if errors not shown in console, none detected. Check log for errors if unsure

Then run the server with

redis-server

Or the CLI with

redis-cli

Follow the instructions in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\RedisService.docx to install the redis service

Tressatressia

Answer 18

The Redis download page now has links to some unofficial Windows ports. The dmajkic one seems to be the most popular/complete.

More detailed answer: How to run Redis as a service under Windows

Halogenate

Answer 19

One of the most easy way to run Redis on windows host is to use Docker Redis container. Just fire up Hyper-V, Download Docker and run Redis

Friesen

Answer 20

I am using Memurai which is Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows. It is also recommended by Microsoft open tech as it written on their former project here.

This project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way.

Distinguished

Answer 21

you can install Redis by following this article: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows but for going straight, you can download it by this link: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/raw/master/downloads/redis-latest.zip after downloading, go to the directory which you like to put your files,then extract the zip file, then open a command prompt and go to the directory where you extracted your file, then type "redis-server" and hit enter(for opening redis-cli open command and route to redis directory, but instead of "redis-server" execute "redis-cli").

Zoarah

Answer 22

I've provided installation instructions and downloads for the 2 most popular ways of running Redis on windows at: https://github.com/mythz/redis-windows that shows how to:

1. Use Vagrant to run the latest stable version of Redis inside a VirtualBox VM.
2. Download and run Microsoft's Native Windows port of Redis

Mildredmildrid

Once vagrant has got the box up and running, how do you access redis? I think the latest build did not compile redis correctly. This would be vagrant on windows 64bit – Framboise

Humm, I see in the commands that are executed that the redis port was forwarded :) So I assume it means localhost:6379 is where I use redis from – Framboise

Yeah, the redis build failed :( – Framboise

Answer 23

Using Windows 10?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

/etc/apt/sources.list

(Debian 10 Buster/Bullseye)
Installs latest stable Redis (5.0.6 at time of posting)

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main

apt install redis-server

Respect

Answer 24

Today I know these 4 options:

The first is an open source fork that is on tporadowski/redis that offers compatibility with version 5 (version 6 in development).

The second is memurai (paid), compatible with version 5, has support and a free version for development.

The third is the zkteco-home/redis-windows recently, which offers compatibility with version 7, but is not open source.

There is also the option to run via WSL. But I don't recommend it in production environments.

Colatitude

Answer 25

You can go through the below steps and get setup redis in windows.

1. Download the Redis zip file. Click here!

2. Extract the zip file to the prepared directory.

3. Run redis-server.exe, you can either directly run redis-server.exe by clicking or run via command prompt.

4. Run redis-cli.exe, after successfully running the redis-server. You can access it and test commands by running redis-cli.exe Test PING command is used to test if a connection is still alive.

Amata

exe not in v6.0.9 – Exum

Did you mean to download it from here: github.com/tporadowski/redis ? This answer works without WSL. – Deville

Answer 26

You can try out baboonstack, which includes redis and also a node.js and mongoDB version manager. And it's cross platform.

Hubbard

Answer 27

The redis version on windows was published by microsoft open tech team But recently this project has been archived to https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis read-only and will not update. Has stopped development

Decoction

Answer 28

Here are my steps to install Redis 4.0.8 on Windows 10 Pro (1709) via Windows Subsystem for Linux:

in home/user/
   01 wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-4.0.8.tar.gz
   02 tar xzf redis-4.0.8.tar.gz
   03 cd redis-4.0.8/
   04 sudo apt-get install make
   05 sudo apt-get update
   06 sudo apt-get install gcc
   07 cd deps
   08 make hiredis jemalloc linenoise lua geohash-int
   09 cd ..
   10 make

You can skip several steps if you have an up-to-date environment.

Unparliamentary

how do you create a service with it? some of us are not experienced in these areas – Bursary

Running as a service/server: $ src/redis-server --from the site: redis.io/download – Unparliamentary

Eh? "here are my instructions to install redis on windows" ... bunch of linux commands run in linux using "Windows Subsystem" ... :facepalm: – Butterball

War - this is using Window but via Windows Subsystem for Linux --I find this to be the best solution. – Unparliamentary

Persistant services under WSL is not supported. Its a downer to run sudo service redis-server start everytime the win10 box is restarted. better to use a docker container – Sinus

Answer 29

The MSOpenTech-Redis project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way. More details in https://github.com/microsoftarchive/redis

To install & setup Redis Server on Windows 10 https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

To install & setup Redis Server on macOS & Linux https://redis.io/download

Also, you may install & setup Redis Server on Linux via the package manager

For quick Redis Server Installation & Setup Guide for macOS https://github.com/rahamath18/Redis-on-MacOS

Ancient

Answer 30

Reading about some users running Redis in a VM, it brought to my mind the recommendations from Redis team :

Redis runs slower on a VM. Virtualization toll is quite high because for many common operations. (...) Prefer to run Redis on a physical box, especially if you favor deterministic latencies. On a state-of-the-art hypervisor (VMWare), result of redis-benchmark on a VM through the physical network is almost divided by 2 compared to the physical machine, with some significant CPU time spent in system and interruptions.

Hedvige

Answer 31

The Redis project does not officially support Windows. However, the Microsoft Open Tech group develops and maintains this Windows port targeting Win64.

http://redis.io/download

Fraternize

Answer 32

There is no native version of the Redis for windows.(Only some old versions are available)

But you can install latest versions using WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux), Refer the following blog from the Redis Labs:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

Talbert

Answer 33

after you downloaded and installed Redis, checkout the documentation doc in the Redis installation folder. you can find everything there in regard to how to start and stop redis-server.
If you installed Redis through the .exe file chances are you're already running it. to make sure whether the Redis server is running checkout the Task Manager -> services tab.

under status field you can see whether it's running or not. If it's stopped right click on it and start the service.

You can write Redis commands in redis-cli, and to open redis-cli in terminal type:

C:\Program Files\Redis\redis-cli.exe

for ease of access you can add the Redis installation directory as an environment variable.

Huppah

Answer 34

You can install Redis on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux(a.k.a WSL2). WSL2 is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. WSL2 lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment(that includes command-line tools, utilities, and applications) directly on Windows.

Follow the link below to create Redis database on Microsoft Windows 10 https://developer.redislabs.com/create/windows

Misestimate

Answer 35

Latest Redis x86 builds (32-bit) can be found here: http://bitsandpieces.it/redis-x86-32bit-builds-for-windows

Says that he will maintain both 2.8.* and 3.0.* branches.

Tanguy

Answer 36

Taken from: http://avenshteinohad.blogspot.com/2016/01/redis-jedis-quickstart.html

If you use windows, use MSOpenTech version from:

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis

You also might find this post useful to get started with basic commands.

Roundhead

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – After

Answer 37

Installing Redis

Windows

⚫ Windows 8.1 and Earlier

1. Download Redis (msi) from the link https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases

2. Run the installer

3. Open the folder where Redis has been installed and Start redis-server to check if redis is working by clicking on redis-server

4. Stop Redis server by typing SHUTDOWN SAVE or force quit by CTRL + C

5. Open Start

6. Type Environment Variables and click on edit environment variables and path

7. Inside System variables, click on path

8. In the next window click on new.

9. Add a new path

10. C:\Program Files\{Your Redis Version} Where Redis Version is the Redis version installed on your system For e.g. C:\Program Files\Redis-x64-3.2.100

11. Verify That Setup was Successful Check by typing redis-cli or redis-server

⚫ Windows 10

1. Step Up WSL

a. Run Windows Powershell as Administrator

b. Run the following command

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

c. Reboot Windows after making the change

d. Download Ubuntu Distros from windows store from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu-1804/9n9tngvndl3q?activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab

2. Install and Test Redis

a. Launch the downloaded distro and run the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install redis-server
redis-cli -v

Note: Incase of any errors with installation, refer this article.

Alten

Redis from MicrosoftArchive is old, unsopported and full of bugs. I would not recommend it for any use. Running Redis with WSL is not recommended for production use last time I checked. – Carduaceous

Answer 38

It seems this is the easiest way to get the latest version of Redis - use NuGet Manager:

1) Open NuGet setup page and download Command-Line Utility (The latest version of the nuget.exe command-line tool is always available from https://nuget.org/nuget.exe)

2) Copy this file to somewhere (for example, C:\Downloads)

3) Start a command prompt as an Administrator and execute follow commands:

cd C:\Downloads
nuget.exe install redis-64

4) In the Downloads folder will be the latest version of Redis (C:\Downloads\Redis-64.2.8.19 in my case)

5) Run redis-server.exe and start working

P.S. Note: redis from Download Redis for windows contains a very old version of Redis: 2.4.6

Freeload

If you try it today, you get the error Unable to find package 'redis-64'. – Britney

Answer 39

i updated the way you can compile and run redis 5 on windows 10 using cygwin https://github.com/meiry/redis5_compiled_for_windows10

Muskellunge

cygwin handles registry changes poorly. msys2 is a better method of compiling redis. – Gravesend

@Gravesend hi! how would one compile redis on msys2? – Thrown

github.com/redis/redis - follow the steps in the readme. Make sure when you install msys2 and mingw, you include the dependencies in the msys2 installer. Recently, also I highly recommend wsl (I like wsl 1 over 2, as 1 uses windows kernel without cpu virtualization & this app is in-memory - disk is slower in wsl1, but either works). Using Ubuntu on Windows. Works great for me in wsl1 ubuntu using apt-get and .bash-rc startup! – Gravesend

Answer 40

VARY EASY:(NO ANY CAMMAN OR NOT GOING TO ANY LINK,ONLY FOLLOW THIS STEP ,FOR ALL VERSION)   
             FIRST INSTALL REDIS 
                -->>AFTER OPEN TASKBAR
                -->>OPEN SERVICE(taskbar service)
                -->>CHOOSE REDIS 
                -->>RIGTH CLICK ON REDIS SERVICE AND OPEN SERVICE(VIEW IMAGES) 
                -->>CLICK ON START OR RESTART.(ALSO SET AUTOSTART)

Maddiemadding