# Ansible Role: Redis

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Installs [Redis](http://redis.io/) on Linux.

## Requirements

On RedHat-based distributions, requires the EPEL repository (you can simply add the role `geerlingguy.repo-epel` to install ensure EPEL is available).

## Role Variables

    redis_enablerepo: epel

(Used only on RHEL/CentOS) The repository to use for Redis installation.

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see `defaults/main.yml`):

    redis_port: 6379
    redis_bind_interface: 127.0.0.1

Port and interface on which Redis will listen. Set the interface to `0.0.0.0` to listen on all interfaces.

    redis_unixsocket: ''

If set, Redis will also listen on a local Unix socket.

    redis_timeout: 300

Close a connection after a client is idle `N` seconds. Set to `0` to disable timeout.

    redis_loglevel: "notice"
    redis_logfile: /var/log/redis/redis-server.log

Log level and log location (valid levels are `debug`, `verbose`, `notice`, and `warning`).

    redis_databases: 16

The number of Redis databases.

    # Set to an empty set to disable persistence (saving the DB to disk).
    redis_save:
      - 900 1
      - 300 10
      - 60 10000

Snapshotting configuration; setting values in this list will save the database to disk if the given number of seconds (e.g. `900`) and the given number of write operations (e.g. `1`) have occurred.

    redis_rdbcompression: "yes"
    redis_dbfilename: dump.rdb
    redis_dbdir: /var/lib/redis

Database compression and location configuration.

    redis_maxmemory: 0

Limit memory usage to the specified amount of bytes. Leave at 0 for unlimited.

    redis_maxmemory_policy: "noeviction"

The method to use to keep memory usage below the limit, if specified. See [Using Redis as an LRU cache](http://redis.io/topics/lru-cache).

    redis_maxmemory_samples: 5

Number of samples to use to approximate LRU. See [Using Redis as an LRU cache](http://redis.io/topics/lru-cache).

    redis_appendonly: "no"

The appendonly option, if enabled, affords better data durability guarantees, at the cost of slightly slower performance.

    redis_appendfsync: "everysec"

Valid values are `always` (slower, safest), `everysec` (happy medium), or `no` (let the filesystem flush data when it wants, most risky).

    # Add extra include files for local configuration/overrides.
    redis_includes: []

Add extra include file paths to this list to include more/localized Redis configuration.

The redis package name for installation via the system package manager. Defaults to `redis-server` on Debian and `redis` on RHEL.

    redis_package_name: "redis-server"

(Default for RHEL shown) The redis package name for installation via the system package manager. Defaults to `redis-server` on Debian and `redis` on RHEL.

    redis_requirepass: ""

Set a password to require authentication to Redis. You can generate a strong password using `echo "my_password_here" | sha256sum`.

    redis_disabled_commands: []

For extra security, you can disable certain Redis commands (this is especially important if Redis is publicly accessible). For example:

    redis_disabled_commands:
      - FLUSHDB
      - FLUSHALL
      - KEYS
      - PEXPIRE
      - DEL
      - CONFIG
      - SHUTDOWN

## Dependencies

None.

## Example Playbook

    - hosts: all
      roles:
        - role: geerlingguy.redis

## License

MIT / BSD

## Author Information

This role was created in 2014 by [Jeff Geerling](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/), author of [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/).