How to start redis-server on a different port than the default port 6379 in ubuntu

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klee picture klee · Jan 12, 2015 · Viewed 42.5k times · Source

How to start redis-server on a different port than the default port 6379 in Ubuntu? I have used the following steps to install the redis:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rwky/redis
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install redis-server

I installed, but I don't know how to how to start redis-server on a different port than the default port 6379. So kindly tell me the steps to change the default port to different port?

Answer

Jochem Schulenklopper picture Jochem Schulenklopper · Apr 12, 2018

redis-server --port 6380 will start a Redis server listening to port 6380.

redis-cli -p 6380 -- a suggestion made here as well -- does not start a Redis server listening to port 6380, but tries to connect the CLI to a (hopefully running) Redis server that listens to that port.

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