Redis.io

http://redis.io/

Redis is an open source, BSD licensed, advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets.

Getting started with Redis

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Redis Docker Container

Read https://hub.docker.com/_/redis/

docker run --name my-redis -d redis

Start redis-cli

docker run --name my-redis-cli-1 -it --link my-redis:redis --rm redis redis-cli -h redis -p 6379

Running basic commands

help
SET name Alice
GET name
GETSET name Bob
GET name

MSET fruit apple cookie choc-chip
MGET cookie fruit

GET counter
INCR counter
GET counter
INCRBY counter 3
GET counter

KEYS *
KEYS *o*

...

Transaction

SET counter 1 
MULTI
INCR counter
DISCARD
GET counter
MULTI
INCR counter
INCR counter
EXEC
GET counter

Publish-Subscribe

HELP SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE whispers chatter

Start a second redis-cli

docker run --name my-redis-cli-2 -it --link my-redis:redis --rm redis redis-cli -h redis -p 6379

HELP PUBLISH
PUBLISH whispers "hello world"
PUBLISH chatter "hi"

At the end

Clean all with

docker rm -f my-redis-cli-2
docker rm -f my-redis-cli-1
docker rm -f my-redis
docker ps -a