Installing Redis on Mac Snow Leopard
Here’s how I do it.
Step 1 – Get the source and compile it
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:
Then use the following command to automatically start when your computer boots:
Step 3 – Test
- open Redis CLI by entering “redis-cli”
- open Redis CLI again
