Redis – Environment
In this chapter, you will learn about the environmental setup for Redis.
Install Redis on Ubuntu
To install Redis on Ubuntu, go to the terminal and type the following commands −
$sudo apt-get update $sudo apt-get install redis-server
This will install Redis on your machine.
Start Redis
$redis-server
Check If Redis is Working
$redis-cli
This will open a redis prompt.
redis 127.0.0.1:6379>
In the above prompt, 127.0.0.1 is your machine”s IP address and 6379 is the port on which Redis server is running. Now type the following PING command.
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> ping PONG
This shows that Redis is successfully installed on your machine.
Install Redis Desktop Manager on Ubuntu
To install Redis desktop manager on Ubuntu, just download the package from
Open the downloaded package and install it.
Redis desktop manager will give you UI to manage your Redis keys and data.