want to run redis-server in background nonstop

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I have downloaded redis-2.6.16.tar.gz file and i installed sucessfully. After installed i run src/redis-server it worked fine.

But i don't want manually run src/redis-server everytime, rather i want redis-server running as background process continuously.

So far after installed i did following tasks:

1. vim redis.conf and i changed to

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
  daemonize yes

But same result i found. What mistake i did?

After redis run in background. I will run juggernaut also as background process with following command.

nohup node server.js

But i am not able to make redis run in background. Please provide some solution.

What OS? After `sudo apt-get install redis-server` the server runs as you'd expect it too. — Dirk Eddelbuettel, Jun 14 '14 at 15:33
Here too. So why did you not install the package and be done with it? — Dirk Eddelbuettel, Jun 14 '14 at 15:39
As redis is already installed for installing with apt-get i have to uninstall my old one right, and with package i installed it before few month back it was working. So. — siv rj, Jun 14 '14 at 15:40
Thanks lot man, you saved my time. From today i will never use the package for redis installation. — siv rj, Jun 14 '14 at 15:50

score 288 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '15 at 08:47

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Since Redis 2.6 it is possible to pass Redis configuration parameters using the command line directly. This is very useful for testing purposes.

redis-server --daemonize yes

Check if the process started or not:

ps aux | grep redis-server

answered Oct 24 '15 at 08:47

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Thanks for the answer, after this to see if its working on the background you could just use: redis-cli ping – Aronis Mariano Nov 13 '15 at 15:17
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@AronisMariano and `PONG` for the response :) – Chemical Programmer Nov 20 '15 at 12:11
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And just add `alias redis-server='redis-server --daemonize yes'` to your `~/.bash_profile` then you will get daemonize every time you type `redis-server` to your command line. – Benyi May 03 '17 at 06:52
I wish that this flag was in the --help documentation. This helped me to load this directly from python using subprocess: subprocess.Popen(['redis-server', '--daemonize', 'yes']) – Andrew Bowman Nov 02 '18 at 15:38
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This helped me solve a production error within seconds! – Stefano Groenland Sep 27 '19 at 12:14
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The inevitable followup is how to stop/close a daemonized redis-server. `redis-cli shutdown` works for me. See more with: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49249229/how-to-stop-a-redis-server-that-was-started-with-daemonize-yes/ – Viet Than Dec 15 '21 at 20:34

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '16 at 16:24

I think the best way is to use Redis' config file:

# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
daemonize yes

Set daemonize to yes in the config file. Say the file is ~/.redis/redis.conf, then just run

$ redis-server ~/.redis/redis.conf

And it just works.

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 08 '17 at 23:17

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Or you can simply run it as src/redis-server redis.conf&

edited Nov 08 '17 at 23:17

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answered Jun 16 '14 at 12:51

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thanx i will make it try, for now problem get resolved. – siv rj Jun 16 '14 at 12:55
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You can also pass configuration values on the command line, refer to the Redis configuration documentation: http://redis.io/topics/config To daemonize at the command line: redis-server --daemonize yes – chnrxn Jan 09 '15 at 05:34
More info on background jobs: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-bash-s-job-control-to-manage-foreground-and-background-processes – TomFuertes May 29 '19 at 17:02

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 25 '20 at 02:23

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For windows:

Step 1: Install redis as a service

redis-server --server-install

Step 2: Run background

redis-server --server-start

answered Mar 25 '20 at 02:23

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 14 '22 at 08:58

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To run redis server in background and ignore output .

nohup redis-server &

To check the server

ps aux | grep redis-server

To Kill server

sudo service redis-server stop

answered Aug 14 '22 at 08:58

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 15 '23 at 23:28

You can use PM2 when you want to run an application in the background.

Download pm2 package as global by npm. https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2
- npm i -g pm2
Then you can start the redis server.
- pm2 start "redis-server" --name redis-caching-session

You can check pm2 sessions by pm2 status command and get logs of redis server by pm2 logs redis-caching-server command.

Edit: After 9 years, I just saw this post :) This answer may help other people so why I want to share.

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