Deploying Redis through the Linode Marketplace

Redis is an open-source, in-memory, data-structure store, with the optional ability to write and persist data to a disk, which can be used as a key-value database, cache, and message broker. Redis features built-in transactions, replication, and support for a variety of data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, and others.

Deploying the Redis Marketplace App

The Linode Marketplace allows you to easily deploy software on a Linode using the Linode Cloud Manager.

1. Log in to the Cloud Manager and select the Marketplace link from the left navigation menu. This displays the Linode Compute Create page with the Marketplace tab pre-selected.

2. Under the Select App section, select the app you would like to deploy.

3. Fill out all required Options for the selected app as well as any desired Advanced Options (which are optional). See the Configuration Options section for details.

4. Complete the rest of the form as discussed within the Getting Started > Create a Linode.

5. Click the Create Linode button. Once the Linode has provisioned and has fully powered on, wait for the software installation to complete. If the Linode is powered off or restarted before this time, the software installation will likely fail. To determine if the installation has completed, open the Linode’s Lish console and wait for the system login prompt to appear.

6. Follow the instructions within the Getting Started After Deployment section.

Software installation should complete within 2-5 minutes after the Linode has finished provisioning.

Configuration Options

For advice on filling out the remaining options on the Create a Linode form, see Getting Started > Create a Linode. That said, some options may be limited or recommended based on this Marketplace App:

• Supported distributions: Debian 9
• Recommended minimum plan: All plan types and sizes can be used, though consider using a High Memory Compute Instance for larger databases in a production environment.

Getting Started after Deployment

There are several types of Redis deployments you can use, for example, a standalone Redis installation or a Redis cluster with a master and two replicas. As a next step, you should determine which type of deployment you will need for your use case by reviewing the resources provided below.

• Learn about Redis Clusters by going through their related tutorial.
• Redis Sentinel is another deployment configuration focused on high availability. See the Redis Sentinel documentation for more details.
• Read the Redis Quickstart to learn about securing Redis and installing client libraries to use Redis with your applications.
• Refer to the Redis configuration documentation to learn about the Redis configuration file.

Once you have determined how you would like to configure your Redis deployment, connect to your Linode via SSH to complete your configuration.

Note

Currently, Linode does not manage software and systems updates for Marketplace Apps. It is up to the user to perform routine maintenance on software deployed in this fashion.

More Information

You may wish to consult the following resources for additional information on this topic. While these are provided in the hope that they will be useful, please note that we cannot vouch for the accuracy or timeliness of externally hosted materials.

• Introduction to Redis Data Types
• Redis Replication