Working with Redis

Redis is an open source, in-memory data structure store, whose development is sponsored by Redis Labs. The name originated from REmote DIctionary Server. It currently ranks as one of the most popular key-value databases.

Some of the key strengths of Redis can be outlined as follows:

• In-memory data structure store
• Key-value data store
• Keys with a limited time-to-live
• Publish/subscribe messaging
• It can be used for cache data stores
• Transactions
• Master-slave replication

Installing Redis

Assuming we are using the fresh Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) installation, the following steps outline how we can setup the Redis server:

1. We can install the Redis server using the following console commands...