How to install Redis 3.x on new CentOS 6.6 server

Pre installation Redis

#update and upgrade the linux

yum -y update

yum -y upgrade

#I like nano

yum install -y nano

#Install gcc & tcl, needed for compilation

yum install -y gcc*

yum install -y tcl

Install Redis

wget http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-3.0.1.tar.gz

tar xzf redis-3.0.1.tar.gz

cd redis-3.0.1

make

make test

make install

cd utils

chmod +x install_server.sh

./install_server.sh

Check Redis status/start/stop

nano /etc/redis/6379.conf

# find # requirepass foobared

#replace it with your password

requirepass somePassword

service redis_6379 restart