want to run redis-server in background nonstop

Question

I have downloaded redis-2.6.16.tar.gz file and i installed sucessfully. After installed i run src/redis-server it worked fine.

But i don't want manually run src/redis-server everytime, rather i want redis-server running as background process continuously.

So far after installed i did following tasks:

1. vim redis.conf and i changed to

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
  daemonize yes

But same result i found. What mistake i did?

After redis run in background. I will run juggernaut also as background process with following command.

nohup node server.js

But i am not able to make redis run in background. Please provide some solution.

Answer 1

Since Redis 2.6 it is possible to pass Redis configuration parameters using the command line directly. This is very useful for testing purposes.

redis-server --daemonize yes 

Check if the process started or not:

ps aux | grep redis-server 

Answer 2

I think the best way is to use Redis' config file:

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it. # Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized. daemonize yes 

Set daemonize to yes in the config file. Say the file is ~/.redis/redis.conf, then just run

$ redis-server ~/.redis/redis.conf 

And it just works.

Answer 3

Or you can simply run it as src/redis-server redis.conf&

Answer 4

For windows:

Step 1: Install redis as a service

redis-server --server-install 

Step 2: Run background

redis-server --server-start