May 2017
Beginner to intermediate
220 pages
5h 2m
English
Redis can be installed by compiling the latest source as per the instructions on the Redis site (https://redis.io/topics/quickstart). If you are running Windows, you will need to use MSOpenTech's project (https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis) or simply install Redis via a VirtualMachine (using Vagrant) or a docker instance. The Python client then needs to be installed separately using this command:
pip install redis
To test whether the installation is working, start Redis locally (or on your virtual machine or container) using this command:
$ redis-server
You should see some text with the version number and the Redis symbol. At the end of the text, you will see a message like this:
1212:M 18 Feb 20:24:44.590 * The server ...
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