Name or service not known [tcp://redis:6379]

Question

i am having a problem setting up redis cache with laravel. i have a redis server runnig on my local machine:

my .env:

i have the localhost on port 6379 ready and listened:

someone plz tell me what's happenig here?

Anjanette

Answer 1

Change REDIS_HOST=redis to REDIS_HOST=localhost, it is looking for a host named redis and not finding it, since redis is installed on the same machine you should use localhost or 127.0.0.1.

Once you've done this, make sure you reload the .env config - php artisan config:clear

Jayson

allready tried it with localhost and 127.0.0.1 with no luck!! – Anjanette

the odd thing is even with REDIS_HOST=localhost or REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1 it's still searching for tcp://redis:6379 – Anjanette

You’re running your app and redis on the same machine, correct? – Jayson

yes i am runnig the app and redis from the same machine – Anjanette

now that's what am talking about!! php artisan config:clear did the trick..thank you man you'r freaking awesome!!! – Anjanette

This was not enough for me. Apparently I also needed to run php artisan queue:restart. – Opalopalesce

Make sure to update REDIS_HOST on your .env file as well (@oajmi) – Execute

Answer 2

I've added this to my /etc/hosts and it fixed the error

127.0.0.1 redis

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