How do I run Redis on Windows?

How do I run Redis on Windows? The Redis download page just seems to offer *nix options.

Can I run Redis natively on Windows?

Solution 1:

Download (https://github.com/zkteco-home/redis-windows) from their GitHub repository.

This release includes the redis-server.exe application that runs a Redis instance as a service on your windows machine, as well as redis-cli.exe which you can use to interact with any Redis instance.

The RGL repository has historically been listed as an alternative Windows port for Redis, but this repository has not been maintained for some time and implements an older version of Redis than the Microsoft port.

It should be noted that the official port is no longer maintained either, and Microsoft recommends yet another alternative for the latest Redis features. However, their recommendation is neither free nor open source, so it won't be linked here.

Solution 2:

Update

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it per Ogglas answer

I found one more simple way to install Redis under Windows

Download the latest Redis .msi file from

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases

after installation. The redis service is installed, we can operate it from Service manager

Solution 3:

If you want to install MSOpenTech's latest port of Redis, on a Windows server, watched over by a Windows Service, without having to build anything yourself, read on.

MSOpenTech's seems to be the only port that is actively trying to keep up with the latest and greatest Redis. They claim it is production-ready, but they haven't exactly packaged it up neatly for installation on a server, especially if you want to run their RedisWatcher service to keep an eye on it, which is recommended. (I tried building RedisWatcher myself per their instructions, but the required Wix Toolset managed to mess up my system pretty good. I won't go into it.) Fortunately they've provided all the binaries you need, just not all in one place. From the README:

So far the RedisWatcher is not carried over to 2.6. However this should not be affected by the Redis version, and the code in the 2.4 branch should work with the Redis 2.6 binaries.

So you'll need to download binaries from 2 branches in order to get all the necessary bits. Without further ado, here are the steps:

1. Download and extract the Redis binaries from the 2.6 branch
2. Copy all extracted binaries to c:\redis\bin
3. Create another folder at c:\redis\inst1
4. Download and extract the RedisWatcher binaries from the 2.4 branch
5. Run InstallWatcher.msi. This should create a Windows service called Redis watcher.
6. Open up the Windows Services console and start the Redis watcher service.
7. (optional) RedisWatcher should have installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\RedisWatcher. There you'll find a config file called watcher.conf, which you can edit to set up additional instances, use different paths than I specified in steps 2 & 3, etc. You will not need to restart the service for changes to take effect.