Linux Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

Out of the box, systemd will start the redis-server binary by using the /etc/redis.conf configuration file. Let's go ahead and do that now:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now redisCreated symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/redis.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service.

The default port being used is 6379, which we can again check using ss:

$ ss -a '( sport = :6379 )'State Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address:Port Peer Address:Port LISTEN 0 128 127.0.0.1:6379 *:* 

Here, we're listening on localhost, port 6379:

The same warning as ever applies: If you start opening any of your installed services, make sure they're secure and aren't about to let bad actors steal your data.

Connecting to an instance is achieved ...