Step 1 – Get the source and compile it
curl -O http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-1.2.6.tar.gz
tar xvzf redis-1.2.6.tar.gz
cd redis-1.2.6
make


Step 2 – Place the binaries and configure
  • copy redis-benchmark, redis-server, redis-cli, and redis-stat to /usr/local/bin and set the owner to root.
  • copy redis.conf to /usr/local/etc and change “daemonize” to “yes”
  • if you want it to start when the system boots, create redis.plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents directory with following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.redis</string>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/local/bin/redis-server</string>
                <string>/usr/local/etc/redis.conf</string>
        </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Then use the following command to automatically start when your computer boots

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/redis.plist
launchctl start com.redis


Step 3 – Test
  • open Redis CLI by entering “redis-cli”

set joon "rubyhead"
get joon #=> should return "rubyhead"
exit
         open Redis CLI again
  

get joon #=> should return "rubyhead" again