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ab72b483 19<b>QuickStart: Contents</b><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Quick Start">Quick Start</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Obtain the latest version">Obtain the latest version</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Compile">Compile</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Run the server">Run the server</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Play with the built in client">Play with the built in client</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#Further reading">Further reading</a>
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30<h1><a name="Quick Start">Quick Start</a></h1>This quickstart is a five minutes howto on how to get started with Redis. For more information on Redis check <a href="http://code.google.com/p/redis/wiki/index" target="_blank">Redis Documentation Index</a>.<h2><a name="Obtain the latest version">Obtain the latest version</a></h2>The latest stable source distribution of Redis can be obtained <a href="http://code.google.com/p/redis/downloads/list" target="_blank">at this location as a tarball</a>.<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python" name="code">
8fb13ce8 31$ wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-1.02.tar.gz
32</pre>The unstable source code, with more features but not ready for production, can be downloaded using git:<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python python" name="code">
33$ git clone git://github.com/antirez/redis.git
34</pre><h2><a name="Compile">Compile</a></h2>Redis can be compiled in most <a href="SupportedPlatforms.html">POSIX systems</a>. To compile Redis just untar the tar.gz, enter the directly and type 'make'.<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python python python" name="code">
35$ tar xvzf redis-1.02.tar.gz
36$ cd redis-1.02
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38</pre>In order to test if the Redis server is working well in your computer make sure to run <code name="code" class="python">make test</code> and check that all the tests are passed.<h2><a name="Run the server">Run the server</a></h2>Redis can run just fine without a configuration file (when executed without a config file a standard configuration is used). To run Redis just type the following command:<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python python python python" name="code">
39$ ./redis-server
40</pre>With the <a href="Configuration.html">default configuration</a> Redis will log to the standard output so you can check what happens. Later, you can <a href="Configuration.html">change the default settings</a>.<h2><a name="Play with the built in client">Play with the built in client</a></h2>Redis ships with a command line client that is automatically compiled when you ran <code name="code" class="python">make</code> and it is called <code name="code" class="python">redis-cli</code>For instance to set a key and read back the value use the following:<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python python python python python" name="code">
41$ ./redis-cli set mykey somevalue
42OK
43$ ./redis-cli get mykey
44somevalue
45</pre>What about adding elements to a <a href="Lists.html">list</a>:<br/><br/><pre class="codeblock python python python python python python" name="code">
46$ ./redis-cli lpush mylist firstvalue
47OK
48$ ./redis-cli lpush mylist secondvalue
49OK
50$ ./redis-cli lpush mylist thirdvalue
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52$ ./redis-cli lrange mylist 0 -1
531. thirdvalue
542. secondvalue
553. firstvalue
56$ ./redis-cli rpop mylist
57firstvalue
58$ ./redis-cli lrange mylist 0 -1
591. thirdvalue
602. secondvalue
61</pre><h2><a name="Further reading">Further reading</a></h2><ul><li> What to play more with Redis? Read <a href="IntroductionToRedisDataTypes.html">Fifteen minutes introduction to Redis data types</a>.</li><li> Check all the <a href="Features.html">Features</a></li><li> Read the full list of available commands in the <a href="CommandReference.html">Command Reference</a>.</li><li> Start using Redis from your <a href="SupportedLanguages.html">favorite language</a>.</li><li> Take a look at some <a href="ProgrammingExamples.html">Programming Examples</a>. </li></ul>
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