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Redis version 7.0.5 or higher is required.

Debian/Ubuntu

Add the repository to the APT index, update it, and install Redis:

# add repository 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 # install Redis sudo apt-get install \ redis=6:8.6.2-1rl1~noble1 \ redis-server=6:8.6.2-1rl1~noble1 \ redis-tools=6:8.6.2-1rl1~noble1 sudo systemctl enable --now redis-server # check redis-server status sudo systemctl status redis-server

Access Redis configuration file /etc/redis/redis.conf for editing.
Comment out the bind setting and set protected-mode option to no.

... # The following line should be commented # bind 127.0.0.1 ... # The following line should be uncommented and set to no protected-mode no ...

Restart Redis.

sudo systemctl restart redis-server

Run the command with Redis CLI.

redis-cli ping

Confirm that the response returned is PONG.

PONG

Rocky, RHEL 9

Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/redis.repo with the following contents.

[Redis] name=Redis baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux9 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1

Run the commands.

curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg > /tmp/redis.key sudo rpm --import /tmp/redis.key sudo dnf install -y redis-8.6.2-1.x86_64 sudo systemctl enable --now redis sudo systemctl status redis

Access Redis configuration file /etc/redis/redis.conf for editing.
Comment out the bind setting and set protected-mode option to no.

... # The following line should be commented # bind 127.0.0.1 ... # The following line should be uncommented and set to no protected-mode no ...

Restart Redis.

sudo systemctl restart redis

Run the command with Redis CLI.

redis-cli ping

Confirm that the response returned is PONG.

PONG

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