README

   1 Where to find complete Redis documentation?
   2 -------------------------------------------
   3
   4 This README is just a fast "quick start" document. You can find more detailed
   5 documentation at http://redis.io
   6
   7 Building Redis
   8 --------------
   9
  10 Redis can be compiled and used on Linux, OSX, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD.
  11 We support big endian and little endian architectures.
  12
  13 It may compile on Solaris derived systems (for instance SmartOS) but our
  14 support for this platform is "best effort" and Redis is not guaranteed to
  15 work as well as in Linux, OSX, and *BSD there.
  16
  17 It is as simple as:
  18
  19     % make
  20
  21 You can run a 32 bit Redis binary using:
  22
  23     % make 32bit
  24
  25 After building Redis is a good idea to test it, using:
  26
  27     % make test
  28
  29 NOTE: if after building Redis with a 32 bit target you need to rebuild it
  30       with a 64 bit target you need to perform a "make clean" in the root
  31       directory of the Redis distribution.
  32
  33 Allocator
  34 ---------
  35
  36 Selecting a non-default memory allocator when building Redis is done by setting
  37 the `MALLOC` environment variable. Redis is compiled and linked against libc
  38 malloc by default, with the exception of jemalloc being the default on Linux
  39 systems. This default was picked because jemalloc has proven to have fewer
  40 fragmentation problems than libc malloc.
  41
  42 To force compiling against libc malloc, use:
  43
  44     % make MALLOC=libc
  45
  46 To compile against jemalloc on Mac OS X systems, use:
  47
  48     % make MALLOC=jemalloc
  49
  50 Verbose build
  51 -------------
  52
  53 Redis will build with a user friendly colorized output by default.
  54 If you want to see a more verbose output use the following:
  55
  56     % make V=1
  57
  58 Running Redis
  59 -------------
  60
  61 To run Redis with the default configuration just type:
  62
  63     % cd src
  64     % ./redis-server
  65
  66 If you want to provide your redis.conf, you have to run it using an additional
  67 parameter (the path of the configuration file):
  68
  69     % cd src
  70     % ./redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
  71
  72 It is possible to alter the Redis configuration passing parameters directly
  73 as options using the command line. Examples:
  74
  75     % ./redis-server --port 9999 --slaveof 127.0.0.1 6379
  76     % ./redis-server /etc/redis/6379.conf --loglevel debug
  77
  78 All the options in redis.conf are also supported as options using the command
  79 line, with exactly the same name.
  80
  81 Playing with Redis
  82 ------------------
  83
  84 You can use redis-cli to play with Redis. Start a redis-server instance,
  85 then in another terminal try the following:
  86
  87     % cd src
  88     % ./redis-cli
  89     redis> ping
  90     PONG
  91     redis> set foo bar
  92     OK
  93     redis> get foo
  94     "bar"
  95     redis> incr mycounter
  96     (integer) 1
  97     redis> incr mycounter
  98     (integer) 2
  99     redis>
 100
 101 You can find the list of all the available commands here:
 102
 103     http://redis.io/commands
 104
 105 Installing Redis
 106 -----------------
 107
 108 In order to install Redis binaries into /usr/local/bin just use:
 109
 110     % make install
 111
 112 You can use "make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install" if you wish to use a
 113 different destination.
 114
 115 Make install will just install binaries in your system, but will not configure
 116 init scripts and configuration files in the appropriate place. This is not
 117 needed if you want just to play a bit with Redis, but if you are installing
 118 it the proper way for a production system, we have a script doing this
 119 for Ubuntu and Debian systems:
 120
 121     % cd utils
 122     % ./install_server
 123
 124 The script will ask you a few questions and will setup everything you need
 125 to run Redis properly as a background daemon that will start again on
 126 system reboots.
 127
 128 You'll be able to stop and start Redis using the script named
 129 /etc/init.d/redis_<portnumber>, for instance /etc/init.d/redis_6379.
 130
 131 Enjoy!