Python Programming Blueprints

Starting a Redis container

In your terminal, execute the following:

$ docker run -d -p 6379:6379 --name redis redis

This will start a Redis container with the following setup:

• -d: Specifies we want to run the container in daemon mode (background process).
• -p: Allows us to expose port 6379 on the container to our local machine. This are needed for Nameko to communicate with Redis.
• --name: Sets the container name to redis.

You can check that your new Redis container is running by executing:

$ docker ps