Notes on installing Redis on Mac using Homebrew. (Last updated: 2017/03/31)

• Redis

Installing Redis

First, install redis with homebrew.

% brew install redis
==> Downloading http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.6.14.tar.gz
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==> make -C /private/tmp/redis-ghPL/redis-2.6.14/src CC=cc
==> Caveats
To have launchd start redis at login:
    ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/redis/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
Then to load redis now:
    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist
Or, if you don't want/need launchctl, you can just run:
    redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf
==> Summary
 /usr/local/Cellar/redis/2.6.14: 10 files, 1.3M, built in 8 seconds

Setting Up Redis Auto-Start

If you want redis to start automatically when the PC boots up, run the following commands.

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/redis/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist

To manually start redis without setting up auto-start, you can start it with the following command.

redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf

Verifying Redis Connection from CLI

Check if you can connect to Redis from the terminal with the following command.

% redis-cli
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> 

That’s all from the Gemba.

Reference Information

• MacにRedisさんをインストールする - Qiita