Install Redis Open Source on Linux

Install Redis Open Source on Rocky Linux 8 and 9, or AlmaLinux 8 and 9 using RPM

Follow these steps to install Redis Open Source.

1. Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/redis.repo with the following contents.

   • For Rocky Linux 9 and AlmaLinux 9 {{< highlight ini >}} [Redis] name=Redis baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux9 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 {{< /highlight >}}

   • For Rocky Linux 8 and AlmaLinux 8 {{< highlight ini >}} [Redis] name=Redis baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux8 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 {{< /highlight >}}

2. Run the following commands:

   {{< highlight bash >}} curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg > /tmp/redis.key sudo rpm --import /tmp/redis.key sudo yum install redis {{< / highlight >}}

Redis will not start automatically, nor will it start at boot time. To do this, run the following commands.

{{< highlight bash >}} sudo systemctl enable redis sudo systemctl start redis {{< /highlight >}}