This repository holds the debian/ package configuration and handles automation tasks for creating source packages and pushing them to ppa:redislabs/redis.

The Debian package is derived from work done by Chris Lea.

Redis Open Source - Install using Debian Advanced Package Tool (APT)

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lsb-release curl gpg
curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis

Tip

To install an earlier version, say 7.4.2, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install redis=6:7.4.2-1rl1~jammy1

You could view the available versions by running apt policy redis.

Starting Redis

To start the redis-server:

redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf &

Note that redis-server output is redirected to /var/log/redis/redis-server.log.

Tip

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

sudo systemctl enable redis-server
sudo systemctl start redis-server

This will start redis-server with /etc/redis/redis.conf.

Supported Operating Systems

Redis officially tests the latest version of this distribution against the following OSes:

• Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)
• Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish)
• Debian 12 (Bookworm)
• Debian 11 (Bullseye)