Install Redis Open Source on Linux

How to install Redis Open Source using RPM

Install Redis Open Source on Red Hat, CentOS, or Rocky Linux using RPM

See this page for a complete list of supported Red Hat/Rocky platforms. Follow these steps to install Redis Open Source.

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

   • For Rocky Linux 9 and AlmaLinux 9

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

   • For Rocky Linux 8 and AlmaLinux 8

     [Redis]
     name=Redis
     baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux8
     enabled=1
     gpgcheck=1

2. Run the following commands:

   curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg > /tmp/redis.key
   sudo rpm --import /tmp/redis.key
   sudo yum install epel-release
   sudo yum install redis

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

sudo systemctl enable redis
sudo systemctl start redis