Building Redis
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+Redis can be compiled and used on Linux, OSX, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD.
+We support big endian and little endian architectures.
+
+It may compile on Solaris derived systems (for instance SmartOS) but our
+support for this platform is "best effort" and Redis is not guaranteed to
+work as well as in Linux, OSX, and *BSD there.
+
It is as simple as:
% make
% cd src
% ./redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
+It is possible to alter the Redis configuration passing parameters directly
+as options using the command line. Examples:
+
+ % ./redis-server --port 9999 --slaveof 127.0.0.1 6379
+ % ./redis-server /etc/redis/6379.conf --loglevel debug
+
+All the options in redis.conf are also supported as options using the command
+line, with exactly the same name.
+
Playing with Redis
------------------
You'll be able to stop and start Redis using the script named
/etc/init.d/redis_<portnumber>, for instance /etc/init.d/redis_6379.
+Code contributions
+---
+
+Note: by contributing code to the Redis project in any form, including sending
+a pull request via Github, a code fragment or patch via private email or
+public discussion groups, you agree to release your code under the terms
+of the BSD license that you can find in the COPYING file included in the Redis
+source distribution.
+
+Please see the CONTRIBUTING file in this source distribution for more
+information.
+
Enjoy!