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Redis in Docker

DockerHub

Simple container

Run container.

docker run \
    --name <name>
    --restart always \
    -d \
    -p 6379:6379 \
    redis:<tag>

Run commands.

docker exec -it <name> redis-cli
> ping
> dbsize

With authentication

Download redis.conf.

curl http://download.redis.io/redis-stable/redis.conf > redis.conf

Update requirepass setting.

requirepass pwd1 # use actual password

Run container.

docker run \
    --name <name>
    --restart always \
    -d \
    -p 6379:6379 \
    -v /path/to/redis.conf:/etc/redis/redis.conf:ro \
    redis:<tag> \
    redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf

Authenticate.

docker exec -it <name> redis-cli
> auth pwd1
> ping

Client

Connect to server.

redis-cli -h <host> -p <port> -a <password>
> ping

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