How do I run Redis on Windows?

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How do I run Redis on Windows? The Redis download page just seems to offer *nix options.

Can I run Redis natively on Windows?

Keep in mind that the most upvoted answer links to outdated repo with very old version of redis. If you need much newer version check my answer [link](http://stackoverflow.com/a/19579610/1090562) — Salvador Dali, Oct 25 '13 at 01:30
MSOpenTech [just announced](http://msopentech.com/blog/2014/03/24/updates-released-redis-windows) a production-ready build of Redis 2.8.4. It looks like [my instructions](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20200022/62600) for gathering up all the bits are still relevant though. — Todd Menier, Mar 26 '14 at 12:36
for local development setup - http://geekindulgence.com/install-redis-as-a-windows-service-using-chocolatey/ — SSED, Oct 21 '15 at 12:46
I recommend using Docker on Windows with redis. few repos: - the official redis repo: https://hub.docker.com/_/redis/ - the redis-enterprise repo (clustered redis running Redis Cloud by Redis Labs): https://hub.docker.com/r/redislabs/redis/ — Cihan B., Apr 11 '17 at 16:11
Pay attention to the **DATES** of the answers (and comments), which is more important than upvotes for this particular question. **MOST** answers (including mine) are now outdated. Microsoft's native port appears to be discontinued. If you have the latest Windows 10, running Redis on Ubuntu on Windows _appears_ to be quite possibly the best option. See [here](https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows). — Todd Menier, Feb 15 '18 at 15:38
Most answers are outdated and point to projects that are now abandoned. The MSOpenTech port was discontinued in 2016. See [my answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/56140543/9540438) for a solution that is up-to-date with the latest Redis (Redis 5, at the time of this writing). — Alexis Campailla, Jun 25 '19 at 13:52
I suggest using WSL for windows, https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/ — Karthik P, Jan 07 '20 at 10:06
all these versions are outdated where can found 6.0 version for windows. And why is they so difficult to find even when the Redis is used in almost all big projects? — Somnath Singh, Aug 12 '20 at 07:03
# Redis Installation Link for Windows https://github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases — Md. Alim Ul Karim, Oct 07 '20 at 15:31

score 466 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 04 '20 at 01:36

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Download Microsoft's port from their GitHub repository.

This release includes the redis-server.exe application that runs a Redis instance as a service on your windows machine, as well as redis-cli.exe which you can use to interact with any Redis instance.

The RGL repository has historically been listed as an alternative Windows port for Redis, but this repository has not been maintained for some time and implements an older version of Redis than the Microsoft port.

It should be noted that the official port is no longer maintained either, and Microsoft recommends yet another alternative for the latest Redis features. However, their recommendation is neither free nor open source, so it won't be linked here.

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Wasn't one click for me. I've run the executable and still not sure how to get it to run – Trevor de Koekkoek May 12 '13 at 16:43
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After running the installer, I had to manually put a redis.conf file in c:\Program Files\Redis, as described in the readme. I just copied c:\program files\Redis\conf\redis-dist.conf. Then I could start the service from the services control panel (or 'net start redis' from a command line) – solublefish May 24 '13 at 03:49
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I had to edit the service and change the account to "local system", otherwise the service would not start. I did not have to copy any config files. – Ingo Kegel Jun 11 '13 at 10:01
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It should be noted that this is a very old port, nearly 3 years. See [my answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20200022/62600) for running MSOpenTech's (nearly) up-to-date port and associated watcher service. – Todd Menier Nov 25 '13 at 18:54
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it is very old version of redis ! from 2012 – Alireza Aboutalebi Jan 20 '15 at 06:49
To get most recent variant of this nice solution that still works on Windows Server 2003 you should: 1. Install as is + tune permissions if you set another user to run service with 2. Change exe files to ones w version 2.6.12 from Todd's solution (see next) 3. Remove strings in \conf\redis.conf from ###### VIRTUAL MEMORY #### to the end – sherdim Dec 03 '17 at 01:47
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The options mentioned here are outdated. The MSOpenTech repo (now archived) has not been updated since 2016 and is still on version 3.0 of Redis. See [my answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/56140543/9540438) for a solution that is up-to-date with the latest Redis. – Alexis Campailla Jun 25 '19 at 13:46
Same thing happened to Microsoft's Redis binaries. They're three years old now. Redis 5 is out, no binaries available from any source. – Jari Turkia Nov 12 '19 at 08:32
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These are extremely old versions. – Derek Gogol Dec 20 '19 at 22:06
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These versions are out of date years ago. The current recommendation is to use WSL. – np8 Jun 08 '20 at 13:18
Saved me! Thanks! – Renan Coelho Feb 18 '21 at 05:16

zangw · Answer 2 · 2020-06-09T03:23:27.557

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Update

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it per Ogglas answer

I found one more simple way to install Redis under Windows

Download the latest Redis .msi file from

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases

after installation. The redis service is installed, we can operate it from Service manager

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Yep, best solution even though I upvoted a solution above. This one does not require to start redis-server.exe to use it. – Tom Aug 15 '16 at 07:44
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looks like work stopped at 3.2 pre-release but redis is now on 4.0 – BaltoStar Nov 20 '17 at 18:08
The most simple way to get an instance of redise under the windows. – Pyrejkee Apr 22 '18 at 18:47
I got `The operation could not be completed` – MAZux May 26 '18 at 19:59
The versions in https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases are outdated. Current recommendation is to use WSL. – np8 Jun 08 '20 at 13:17
Here is the official blog with this solution: https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/ – borjab Jul 16 '20 at 19:37
I have it running and working with a program, but how do I access the webpage, I tried navigating to localhost:6379 but nothings there – johnny 5 Feb 15 '21 at 01:16

Todd Menier · Answer 3 · 2013-11-25T19:29:24.627

If you want to install MSOpenTech's latest port of Redis, on a Windows server, watched over by a Windows Service, without having to build anything yourself, read on.

MSOpenTech's seems to be the only port that is actively trying to keep up with the latest and greatest Redis. They claim it is production-ready, but they haven't exactly packaged it up neatly for installation on a server, especially if you want to run their RedisWatcher service to keep an eye on it, which is recommended. (I tried building RedisWatcher myself per their instructions, but the required Wix Toolset managed to mess up my system pretty good. I won't go into it.) Fortunately they've provided all the binaries you need, just not all in one place. From the README:

So far the RedisWatcher is not carried over to 2.6. However this should not be affected by the Redis version, and the code in the 2.4 branch should work with the Redis 2.6 binaries.

So you'll need to download binaries from 2 branches in order to get all the necessary bits. Without further ado, here are the steps:

Download and extract the Redis binaries from the 2.6 branch
Copy all extracted binaries to c:\redis\bin
Create another folder at c:\redis\inst1
Download and extract the RedisWatcher binaries from the 2.4 branch
Run InstallWatcher.msi. This should create a Windows service called Redis watcher.
Open up the Windows Services console and start the Redis watcher service.
(optional) RedisWatcher should have installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\RedisWatcher. There you'll find a config file called watcher.conf, which you can edit to set up additional instances, use different paths than I specified in steps 2 & 3, etc. You will not need to restart the service for changes to take effect.

You'll be happy to try this one. It works (on my Windows 2008 R2 64bit server at least). Takes you 5 minutes. — Christiaan Westerbeek, May 25 '14 at 09:23
I receive a nice error when running InstallWatcher.msi: There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. — tfont, Oct 07 '14 at 17:22
At the end, if you want to know that it's installed and working fine, you can download the Redis Desktop Manager (https://github.com/uglide/RedisDesktopManager or via Chocolatey). By default, the Host is localhost running on port 6379. — Ryan Shripat, Feb 18 '15 at 20:46
**Chocolatey** for install it : http://geekindulgence.com/install-redis-as-a-windows-service-using-chocolatey/ Useful for development machine IMHO. For server, I'm confused it. — PreguntonCojoneroCabrón, Aug 07 '15 at 15:17
redis 2.6.12 is the last version that works on Windows Server 2003. — sherdim, Dec 03 '17 at 00:37

score 159 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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The most updated (only few minor releases behind) version of Redis can be found here. This repository provides you with 3.2.100 version (current is 3.2) whereas the most upvoted answer gives you only 2.4.6 version and the last update to the repo was 2 years ago.

The installation is straightforward: just copy everything from the archive to any folder and run redis-server.exe to run the server and redis-cli.exe to connect to this server through the shell.

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Straightforward if just want to run the exe, which I'd never do in a production environment without the watcher service, and they haven't provided binaries for that in the 2.6 branch for whatever reason. Fortunately the 2.4 version of the service is compatible with the 2.6 version of the exe - see [my answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20200022/62600) to get it all up an running. – Todd Menier Jan 08 '14 at 16:05
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@ToddMenier most probably no one would run exe in production environment, because people would use some linux system for this. This is how to set up redis to be able to play with it and to learn (and I do not see why would I need to run multiple instances of redis here) – Salvador Dali Jan 08 '14 at 20:33
I'm running it in production and it works great. That said, all else being equal you are right, Linux is the way to go. But we're a small Windows shop without much *nix expertise to speak of. – Todd Menier Jan 12 '14 at 14:50
+1 ( for the img trick) . ps - how can I make my windows run the redis server without user login ? is there any service version for redis server executable ? for example - there server was reset , and now the logon window appear. but I want redis server - at that point - to be running. – Royi Namir Apr 25 '14 at 05:39
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Thanks, Salvador. This was just what I was looking for. To show my gratitude, I just gave you double credit. One upvote for the correct answer, and one upvote for pointing me away from the outdated, yet most upvoted answer. – user64141 Nov 05 '15 at 00:24
https://github.com/microsoftarchive/redis/releases/tag/win-3.2.100 download the msi installer and install and cd to the installed directory and typ 'ping' to test and thats it – Ahmed Aboud Jul 30 '19 at 11:16

score 110 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 24 '19 at 08:12

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To install Redis for Windows

You can choose either from these sources

Personally I preferred the first option

Download Redis-x64-2.8.2104.zip
Extract the zip to prepared directory
run redis-server.exe or redis-server.exe --maxheap 2gb

then run redis-cli.exe

You can start using Redis now, please refer for commands

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This worked for me (zip), i tried with the msi that is listed on the same link but didn't work. – Lu Roman Dec 04 '15 at 02:53
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Please note that you might get behavior that you click on "redis-server.exe" and nothing happens. Actually, you need to run that exe from command prompt and supply "--maxheap" param. Something like... "redis-server --maxheap 1024M" – Dhrumil Bhankhar May 10 '16 at 10:18
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This is the definitive answer. Easiest most reliable way to get "official" redis on windows. thx – raddevus Jul 12 '19 at 19:06
Please note: just get the latest release. Happy coding! – Cristiana Chavez Jul 30 '19 at 07:04
Yep, for windows :) – 1UC1F3R616 Jul 04 '20 at 14:24

score 61 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 28 '17 at 10:21

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Maybe its a little Late but, I was able to run Redis on Windows 10 Aniversary Update.
Windows 10 Aniversary Update Comes with Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, simply, it comes with bash.

Below are the two tutorial that I followed:

1- How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10
2- How To Install and Use Redis

Below is the image of running Redis.

Enjoy :)

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As a note, I installed Ubuntu 18 from the Windows store and had to `sudo apt install gcc make` before I could get Redis installed and built. Ran into this one as well ;) https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37103054/redis-installation-fails-when-running-make-command – jinglesthula Jul 31 '18 at 23:29
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How do you access this install from windows? – neslekkiM Sep 02 '18 at 13:37
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you access it from Bash. and if you are running an application like Laravel you just need to setup the variables in environment file and redis will be available in your project. Because of its port 6379 – awebartisan Sep 02 '18 at 17:24
I had tried the instruction in link 2, it did not work for me but this did: https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/, with ubuntu 18.04 – JLi May 03 '20 at 12:45
This is the way to go (WSL), but the details are missing (are behind links). @Ogglas 's answer is the same but with the installation instructions. – np8 Jun 08 '20 at 13:20

bbrown · Answer 7 · 2015-06-17T17:45:32.303

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Go to the releases and you can get a ZIP file containing the relevant files as well as a Word document called RedisService.docx with the following instructions:

Installing the Service

--service-install

This must be the first argument on the redis-server command line. Arguments after this are passed in the order they occur to Redis when the service is launched. The service will be configured as Autostart and will be launched as "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService". Upon successful installation a success message will be displayed and Redis will exit. This command does not start the service.

For instance:

redis-server --service-install redis.windows.conf --loglevel verbose

And then later, in the same document, another example:

The following would install and start three separate instances of Redis as a service:

redis-server --service-install -–service-name redisService1 –port 10001

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService1

redis-server --service-install --service-name redisService2 –port 10002

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService2

redis-server --service-install --service-name redisService3 –port 10003

redis-server --service-start --service-name redisService3

From what I can gather, this appears to be the new way forward rather than messing with a separate Windows service to monitor and restart the CLI.

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Current release (redis-2.8.12.zip) only works for x64 Windows. Try 2.6 branch for the x86 release, but this one doesn't run as a service: https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/tree/2.6/bin/release – ducu Jul 04 '14 at 08:08
Is this method valid for 2.8? – bombayquant Feb 24 '15 at 08:04
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Do we need to install Visual Studio, just for installing Redis on Windows? How stupid. :| – bombayquant Feb 24 '15 at 08:18
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Binaries were moved to Releases page https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases – Igor Kudrin Jun 10 '15 at 04:09
Thanks, Igor! I've updated the introductory paragraph above to reflect that change. – bbrown Jun 17 '15 at 17:46
Did this but the port command did not work, só I just tried: redis-server --service-install --service-name Redis And it worked – khaosdoctor Oct 10 '15 at 17:50

Guru · Answer 8 · 2015-01-04T18:48:38.347

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Download redis from Download Redis for windows

Then install it
open cmd with admin rights
run command net start redis

Thats it.

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if you have not connected with redis For windows from Command Prompt, cd C:\Program Files\Redis and then redis-server – Ramesh Aug 10 '19 at 16:09

score 30 · Answer 9 · edited Nov 08 '18 at 23:57

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MS Open Tech recently made a version of Redis available for download on Github. They say that it isn't production ready yet, but keep an eye on it.

Github repo

Download releases as MSIs

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https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/tree/2.8.4_msopen/bin/release - There are some binaries now. – Martin Vseticka Apr 22 '14 at 19:05
@arun I just checked and it works. Maybe there was a hiccup or github is blocked for you? – JesseBuesking May 07 '15 at 00:43
Hmm, I even logged in. Still doesn't work for me. But I am using Salvador Dali's solution now. – arun May 07 '15 at 00:50
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This answer is outdated havent been built new releases since 2016. latest recommendation is on windows10 to install under WSL – MortenB Feb 22 '19 at 07:59
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https://github.com/tporadowski/redis has carried on with updating MS Open Tech to the ~latest versions of redis – airstrike Feb 12 '20 at 03:51

score 30 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 04 '20 at 21:39

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it like this:

Set up WSL:

To enable Windows Subsystem for Linux, follow the instructions on Microsoft Docs. The short version is: In Windows 10, Microsoft replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell as the default shell. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run this command to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):
```
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
```
Reboot Windows after making the change—note that you only need to do this one time.
Download and install one of the supported Linux distros from the Microsoft Store. Ubuntu works fine.
Note that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS may give you some trouble because of a known issue with the realtime clock (as of August 2020). Choosing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS instead avoids that issue.

Install and Test Redis:

Launch the installed distro from your Windows Store and then install redis-server. The following example works with Ubuntu (you’ll need to wait for initialization and create a login upon first use):
```
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get install redis-server
> redis-cli -v
```
Restart the Redis server to make sure it is running:
```
> sudo service redis-server restart
```

Execute a simple Redis command to verify your Redis server is running and available:

$ redis-cli 
127.0.0.1:6379> set user:1 "Oscar"
127.0.0.1:6379> get user:1
"Oscar"

To stop your Redis server:
```
> sudo service redis-server stop
```

Source:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

A note- the newest version for ubuntu in the store did not work for me. Had to uninstall and install the 18.04 version instead for redis to work. — JLi, May 03 '20 at 12:54
As per @JLI's comment above, there is a known issue with Ubuntu 20.04 in combination with WLS. Using 18.04 is easier than any of the fixes offered on the corresponding issue: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4898 — Carsten, Aug 04 '20 at 21:30
I'm using Win 10.0.18363.1198 + WSL 1 (confirmed using PS 'wsl -l -v') and Ubuntu 20.04 here without issues. Redis is running fine and receiving commands. This is not a production environment, but for dev+test all seems in order. — Tom Dibble, Nov 25 '20 at 21:34

Alexis Campailla · Answer 11 · 2020-06-16T16:51:54.400

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You can use Memurai for Windows, a Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows, currently compatible with Redis 5. Memurai aims to fulfill the need for a supported Redis-compatible datastore on the Windows platform. At its core, it’s based on Redis source code, ported to run natively on Windows, and it’s designed to provide the level of reliability and performance required for production environments. Memurai is free for development and testing. You can learn more and download Memurai at https://www.memurai.com.

Alexis Campailla
CEO, Memurai

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As much as I appreciate your efforts, that EULA is a no-no. Pass. – airstrike Feb 12 '20 at 03:33
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I think using this is the more up to date way to natively run Redis on Windows. – jbernardo Jun 16 '20 at 16:34
Is there an open source edition or a limited feature production edition available ? – Tushar Sep 08 '20 at 09:51
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@Tushar there is no open source or free production edition. However we have pricing plans that accommodate different (eg small startup) needs, so I recommend you reach out at https://www.memurai.com/contact – Alexis Campailla Sep 09 '20 at 12:40

score 20 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 09 '18 at 01:44

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There are two ways. You can use MSI installation file or do it manually:

First download the msi or the zip file:

You can download both files from here: https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases

Watch video tutorial (video covers example of both installations)

see this installation video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFhlv-gBXQ

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Man it would be nice if someone just wrote down what was in the video. Not everyone can youtube at work. – J. Allen Sep 14 '18 at 19:27
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In the downloaded zip archive, there is an instruction file in docx. Its copy in txt is also here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MSOpenTech/redis/3.0/Windows%20Service%20Documentation.md on https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis under the heading "How to configure and deploy Redis on Windows ". – Maxim Mandrik Apr 05 '19 at 12:58

score 19 · Answer 13 · edited Oct 24 '20 at 11:17

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I don't run redis on windows. There's too much hassle involved in keeping up with the ports, and they lag behind redis-stable by a version or two all the time.

Instead I run redis on a Vagrant virtual machine that runs redis for me. I've bundled up the whole thing into a simple github repo so everyone can get in on the fun without too much hassle. The whole thing is an automated build so there's no mess. I blogged about the details here.

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How to you access Redis once the vm boots? by IP? – Stephen Patten Oct 03 '14 at 18:32
I think the port gets forwarded if I'm not mistaken – Stephen Patten Oct 03 '14 at 18:40
@StephenPatten: Yeah, you should be able to access it at `localhost:6379`. – Jason Punyon Oct 03 '14 at 18:47

Dherik · Answer 14 · 2019-04-26T14:16:00.577

I think these is the two most simple ways to run Redis on Windows

1 - Native (and updated) port for Windows

As described here on Option 3) Running Microsoft's native port of Redis:

Download the redis-latest.zip native 64bit Windows port of redis

wget https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/raw/master/downloads/redis-latest.zip

Extract redis64-latest.zip in any folder, e.g. in c:\redis

Run the redis-server.exe using the local configuration

cd c:\redis

redis-server.exe redis.conf

Run redis-cli.exe to connect to your redis instance

cd c:\redis

redis-cli.exe

2 - With Vagrant

You can use Redis on Windows with Vagrant, as described here:

Install Vagrant on Windows

Download the vagrant-redis.zip vagrant configuration

wget https://raw.github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/master/downloads/vagrant-redis.zip

Extract vagrant-redis.zip in any folder, e.g. in c:\vagrant-redis

Launch the Virtual Box VM with vagrant up:

cd c:\vagrant-redis

vagrant up

This will launch a new Ubuntu VM instance inside Virtual Box that will automatically install and start the latest stable version of redis.

Also at this site is a way to run Redis w/o vagrant. In windows 8 I had it running in 2 minutes. — rtfminc, Jul 23 '15 at 10:48

score 13 · Answer 15 · edited Jun 21 '15 at 20:30

If you're happy with a bit of Powershell, you can also get very up-to-date Windows binaries using Powershell and chocolatey.

First, add chocolatey to Powershell following the instructions here (one simple command line as admin): https://chocolatey.org/

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin

Then, use Powershell to get the redis package from chocolatey: http://chocolatey.org/packages/redis-64

choco install redis-64

Redis will be installed in something like C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\redis-64.2.8.9

Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\windows\system32> choco install redis-64 Chocolatey (v0.9.8.27) is installing 'redis-64' and dependencies. By installing you accept the license for 'redis-64' an d each dependency you are installing.

redis-64 v2.8.9 Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-benchmark.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-benchmark.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-check-aof.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-check-aof.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-check-dump.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-check-dump.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-cli.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-cli.exe'. Added C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\redis-server.exe shim pointed to '..\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\redis-server.exe'. Finished installing 'redis-64' and dependencies - if errors not shown in console, none detected. Check log for errors if unsure

Then run the server with

redis-server

Or the CLI with

redis-cli

Follow the instructions in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\redis-64.2.8.9\RedisService.docx to install the redis service

Tomasz Poradowski · Answer 16 · 2020-12-13T22:18:05.503

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Since MSOpenTech's port of Redis is no longer maintained - anyone interested in native port of Redis for Windows can now get the version 4.0.14 and 5.0.10 from here: https://github.com/tporadowski/redis/releases. This fork is a merge of latest 3.2.100 version from MSOpenTech and 4.0.14/5.0.10 from antirez/redis with a couple of bugfixes.

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Loved your solution – Md. Alim Ul Karim Oct 07 '20 at 15:31

score 9 · Answer 17 · 2021-01-08T12:10:11.993

To install Redis on Windows system follow the below steps:

Visit one of the below link:

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases (recommended) https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads

Download MSI file.
Follow the installation Wizard and install the program on your system. (do not change the installation path that is "C:\Program Files\Redis")
Search for "Edit system environment variable" on your start menu
Click on "Environment Variable" button
Select "Path" and click on "Edit"
Now click on "New"
Paste C:\Program Files\Redis (or the path in case you have changed while installing)
Click on "Okay", "Okay" and "Okay"

Now open your Terminal (command prompt) and run redis-cli

Well I am getting some error to open redis-server (It was working fine till now but not sure what's wrong so figuring out and will update this answer)

I followed the same steps and it worked. Before renning the redis-cli make sure to run redis-server. — Shashikant Pandit, Feb 09 '21 at 08:45
Both of those options are now very old and out of date versions of Redis. Getting the latest Docker version or using WSL are better options. — nash, Mar 14 '21 at 04:26

Fletch · Answer 18 · 2012-02-24T11:56:29.490

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The Redis download page now has links to some unofficial Windows ports. The dmajkic one seems to be the most popular/complete.

More detailed answer: How to run Redis as a service under Windows

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score 7 · Answer 19 · answered Jan 15 '18 at 19:54

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One of the most easy way to run Redis on windows host is to use Docker Redis container. Just fire up Hyper-V, Download Docker and run Redis

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score 7 · Answer 20 · answered Jul 31 '19 at 11:27

I am using Memurai which is Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows. It is also recommended by Microsoft open tech as it written on their former project here.

This project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way.

score 6 · Answer 21 · answered Aug 16 '18 at 03:58

you can install Redis by following this article: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows but for going straight, you can download it by this link: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/raw/master/downloads/redis-latest.zip after downloading, go to the directory which you like to put your files,then extract the zip file, then open a command prompt and go to the directory where you extracted your file, then type "redis-server" and hit enter(for opening redis-cli open command and route to redis directory, but instead of "redis-server" execute "redis-cli").

score 5 · Answer 22 · answered Nov 10 '13 at 13:20

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I've provided installation instructions and downloads for the 2 most popular ways of running Redis on windows at: https://github.com/mythz/redis-windows that shows how to:

Use Vagrant to run the latest stable version of Redis inside a VirtualBox VM.
Download and run Microsoft's Native Windows port of Redis

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Once vagrant has got the box up and running, how do you access redis? I think the latest build did not compile redis correctly. This would be vagrant on windows 64bit – Stephen Patten Oct 03 '14 at 18:35
Humm, I see in the commands that are executed that the redis port was forwarded :) So I assume it means localhost:6379 is where I use redis from – Stephen Patten Oct 03 '14 at 18:38
Yeah, the redis build failed :( – Stephen Patten Oct 03 '14 at 19:03

decoder7283 · Answer 23 · 2019-12-29T21:13:41.667

Using Windows 10?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

/etc/apt/sources.list

(Debian 10 Buster/Bullseye)
Installs latest stable Redis (5.0.6 at time of posting)

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main

apt install redis-server

score 3 · Answer 24 · answered Sep 02 '14 at 19:51

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You can try out baboonstack, which includes redis and also a node.js and mongoDB version manager. And it's cross platform.

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Dan Nguyen · Answer 25 · 2017-09-25T02:19:42.603

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The redis version on windows was published by microsoft open tech team But recently this project has been archived to https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis read-only and will not update. Has stopped development

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score 3 · Answer 26 · answered Feb 10 '18 at 18:00

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Here are my steps to install Redis 4.0.8 on Windows 10 Pro (1709) via Windows Subsystem for Linux:

in home/user/
   01 wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-4.0.8.tar.gz
   02 tar xzf redis-4.0.8.tar.gz
   03 cd redis-4.0.8/
   04 sudo apt-get install make
   05 sudo apt-get update
   06 sudo apt-get install gcc
   07 cd deps
   08 make hiredis jemalloc linenoise lua geohash-int
   09 cd ..
   10 make

You can skip several steps if you have an up-to-date environment.

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how do you create a service with it? some of us are not experienced in these areas – r3wt Feb 17 '18 at 19:14
Running as a service/server: $ src/redis-server --from the site: https://redis.io/download – Kentative Feb 20 '18 at 05:34
Eh? "here are my instructions to install redis on windows" ... bunch of linux commands run in linux using "Windows Subsystem" ... :facepalm: – War Aug 14 '18 at 09:46
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War - this is using Window but via Windows Subsystem for Linux --I find this to be the best solution. – Kentative Aug 22 '18 at 18:53
Persistant services under WSL is not supported. Its a downer to run `sudo service redis-server start` everytime the win10 box is restarted. better to use a docker container – MortenB Feb 22 '19 at 08:08

Rahamath · Answer 27 · 2020-02-23T08:18:43.193

The MSOpenTech-Redis project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way. More details in https://github.com/microsoftarchive/redis

To install & setup Redis Server on Windows 10 https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

To install & setup Redis Server on macOS & Linux https://redis.io/download

Also, you may install & setup Redis Server on Linux via the package manager

For quick Redis Server Installation & Setup Guide for macOS https://github.com/rahamath18/Redis-on-MacOS

score 2 · Answer 28 · answered Nov 22 '13 at 09:30

Reading about some users running Redis in a VM, it brought to my mind the recommendations from Redis team :

Redis runs slower on a VM. Virtualization toll is quite high because for many common operations. (...) Prefer to run Redis on a physical box, especially if you favor deterministic latencies. On a state-of-the-art hypervisor (VMWare), result of redis-benchmark on a VM through the physical network is almost divided by 2 compared to the physical machine, with some significant CPU time spent in system and interruptions.

score 2 · Answer 29 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 19:12

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The Redis project does not officially support Windows. However, the Microsoft Open Tech group develops and maintains this Windows port targeting Win64.

http://redis.io/download

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score 2 · Answer 30 · edited May 25 '20 at 23:07

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There is no native version of the Redis for windows.(Only some old versions are available)

But you can install latest versions using WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux), Refer the following blog from the Redis Labs:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

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score 2 · Answer 31 · answered May 05 '20 at 07:34

after you downloaded and installed Redis, checkout the documentation doc in the Redis installation folder. you can find everything there in regard to how to start and stop redis-server.
If you installed Redis through the .exe file chances are you're already running it. to make sure whether the Redis server is running checkout the Task Manager -> services tab.

under status field you can see whether it's running or not. If it's stopped right click on it and start the service.

You can write Redis commands in redis-cli, and to open redis-cli in terminal type:

C:\Program Files\Redis\redis-cli.exe

for ease of access you can add the Redis installation directory as an environment variable.

score 2 · Answer 32 · edited Oct 19 '20 at 03:53

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You can go through the below steps and get setup redis in windows.

Download the Redis zip file. Click here!
Extract the zip file to the prepared directory.
Run redis-server.exe, you can either directly run redis-server.exe by clicking or run via command prompt.

Run redis-cli.exe, after successfully running the redis-server. You can access it and test commands by running redis-cli.exe Test PING command is used to test if a connection is still alive.

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exe not in v6.0.9 – Smart Manoj Dec 19 '20 at 10:27

score 1 · Answer 33 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 11:17

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Latest Redis x86 builds (32-bit) can be found here: http://bitsandpieces.it/redis-x86-32bit-builds-for-windows

Says that he will maintain both 2.8.* and 3.0.* branches.

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ohadinho · Answer 34 · 2016-03-13T06:16:36.137

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Taken from: http://avenshteinohad.blogspot.com/2016/01/redis-jedis-quickstart.html

If you use windows, use MSOpenTech version from:

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis

You also might find this post useful to get started with basic commands.

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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, [it would be preferable](//meta.stackoverflow.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Bhargav Rao Mar 10 '16 at 18:26

score 0 · Answer 35 · answered Apr 17 '15 at 15:20

It seems this is the easiest way to get the latest version of Redis - use NuGet Manager:

1) Open NuGet setup page and download Command-Line Utility (The latest version of the nuget.exe command-line tool is always available from https://nuget.org/nuget.exe)

2) Copy this file to somewhere (for example, C:\Downloads)

3) Start a command prompt as an Administrator and execute follow commands:

cd C:\Downloads
nuget.exe install redis-64

4) In the Downloads folder will be the latest version of Redis (C:\Downloads\Redis-64.2.8.19 in my case)

5) Run redis-server.exe and start working

P.S. Note: redis from Download Redis for windows contains a very old version of Redis: 2.4.6

If you try it today, you get the error `Unable to find package 'redis-64'.` — TiagoBrenck, Jul 22 '20 at 22:38

score 0 · Answer 36 · answered Mar 07 '20 at 20:14

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i updated the way you can compile and run redis 5 on windows 10 using cygwin https://github.com/meiry/redis5_compiled_for_windows10

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cygwin handles registry changes poorly. msys2 is a better method of compiling redis. – TamusJRoyce Apr 30 '20 at 12:41

score 0 · Answer 37 · answered May 11 '21 at 13:55

Today you have two most up-to-date options:

The first is an open source fork that is on this link that offers compatibility with version 5 (version 6 in development).

The second is memurai (paid), compatible with version 5, has support and a free version for development.

score 0 · Answer 38 · answered May 16 '21 at 02:06

You can install Redis on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux(a.k.a WSL2). WSL2 is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. WSL2 lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment(that includes command-line tools, utilities, and applications) directly on Windows.

Follow the link below to create Redis database on Microsoft Windows 10 https://developer.redislabs.com/create/windows

Viral Patel · Answer 39 · 2016-10-24T11:13:19.293

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VARY EASY:(NO ANY CAMMAN OR NOT GOING TO ANY LINK,ONLY FOLLOW THIS STEP ,FOR ALL VERSION)   
             FIRST INSTALL REDIS 
                -->>AFTER OPEN TASKBAR
                -->>OPEN SERVICE(taskbar service)
                -->>CHOOSE REDIS 
                -->>RIGTH CLICK ON REDIS SERVICE AND OPEN SERVICE(VIEW IMAGES) 
                -->>CLICK ON START OR RESTART.(ALSO SET AUTOSTART)

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