Install and Secure Redis on CentOS 7

 

Redis Installation

Add the EPEL repository, and update YUM

 

Install Redis

 

Start Redis and setup automatically start Redis on boot

 

Verify the Installation

If Redis is running, it will return: PONG

 

Redis Configuration

Password settings

find and uncomment the requirepass line in the configuration file, and replace master_password with a secure password

 

Firewall settings

 

Local Benchmark Test

 

Check Redis Version

 

Setup PHP session to Redis