Install a Redis server with docker

This post shows how to install Redis server with docker

• To start/restart the Redis server

docker container stop redis; docker run --name redis -p 6379:6379 -v $HOME/redis:/data --rm -d redis:5.0.3 redis-server --requirepass <password>

Replace <password> with your random password string

• To query

docker exec -it redis redis-cli

• In Redis command prompt

AUTH <password>
keys *
MGET <key>

to authenticate, retrieve all keys, get the value associated with a key