Mastering GitLab 12

Redis memory database

In the previous chapter, we talked about Redis and how the program works.

We need at least v2.8 of Redis for the installation of GitLab. It can be easily installed on Debian with apt:

$ sudo apt-get install redis-server

Configure Redis to use sockets:

$ sudo cp /etc/redis/redis.conf /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig

Disable Redis listening on Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) by setting port to 0:

$ sudo sed 's/^port .*/port 0/' /etc/redis/redis.conf.orig | sudo tee /etc/redis/redis.conf

Enable the Redis socket for the default path on Debian and similar distributions:

$ sudo echo 'unixsocket /var/run/redis/redis.sock' | sudo tee -a /etc/redis/redis.conf

Grant permission to the socket to all members of the Redis group:

$ sudo ...