Redis, redis fatal error can't open config file

Question

I am running Redis on Windows and have not been able to run it using the config file.

I tried running:

redis-server 'filepath'/conf/redis.conf

but I get the error saying

"redis fatal error can't open config file"

How can I resolve this issue and have the Redis server read the config file?

Nally

Answer 1

For windows:

redis-server "CONFIG_FILE_PATH"

Please make sure that config and log file have file read and write permission. You can also specify the config path for Linux in the same way.

Wolfhound

Can you elaborate where to get the config file path? – Fraternal

You can find the config files in "conf" folder under Redis installation folder. For example, C:\Program Files\Redis\conf\ – Wolfhound

Answer 2

"Fatal error, can't open config file"

Redis server might have no read privilege on this config file or config file doesn't exist.

Thyme

How do I grant it privilege to read the file, if that's the case? – Nally

I'm not familiar with windows. This error is caused by the line if ((fp = fopen(filename,"r")) == NULL), which means redis server can't open that file in read mode. Maybe you could google windows set file privilege . – Thyme

Did it with sudo and file exist, same issue – Android

Answer 3

This is an example of how I solved mine

redis-server C:/Users/<name>/Downloads/redis/64bit/redis.conf & --daemonize yes

Aglitter

Answer 4

Don't try any command, Just double click on Redis app.

Honig

This works on my mac system also. Try clicking redis-server on redis folder to start the server and the use redis-cli to enter the command panel. Finally "Ping" :) – Bouley

Is this a windows specific question and answer? – Sydney

yes windows specific answer – Honig

Answer 5

Make sure the file is saved in UTF-8, if the .conf file is created from copying and pasting from the browser different unsupported encodings can be passed down to the image.

Trophozoite