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Redis

Commands: https://redis.io/commands

Docs: https://redis.io/docs

GitHub: https://github.com/redis

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Command cheatsheet: https://github.com/LeCoupa/awesome-cheatsheets/blob/master/databases/redis.sh

https://university.redis.com

Installation​

On macOS, use brew install redis as explained in https://redis.io/docs/getting-started/installation/install-redis-on-mac-os/.

Start and stop​

brew services start redis
brew services stop redis

# Check the status of the service
brew services info redis

# Restart after a Redis upgrade with Brew
brew services restart redis

https://redis.io/docs/getting-started/installation/install-redis-on-mac-os/#starting-and-stopping-redis-using-launchd

CLI redis-cli​

https://redis.io/docs/manual/cli

Connect:

redis-cli -h <host> -p <port> -a <password>

Default address is 127.0.0.1 and default port is 6379, so doing redis-cli is like doing redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379.

To authenticate, you can alternatively provide the password using the envar REDISCLI_AUTH. You can also connect first, and then run the command AUTH <password> to authenticate.

Use PING to test the connection.

Get all keys:

  • SCAN. Preferred since it's O(1). Returns a cursor. According to the docs can be used in production without the downside of commands like KEYS or SMEMBERS that may block the server for a long time (even several seconds) when called against big collections of keys or elements. Examples:
    • SCAN 0
    • SCAN 0 MATCH something:*
  • KEYS *. Warning: is O(N).

See discussion at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5252099/redis-command-to-get-all-available-keys.

Get type of key: TYPE <key>. It returns 'none' when the key does not exist.

Delete a key: DEL key1 key2 ....