andrefernandes/docker-redis repository overview

⁠docker-redis

Redis on CentOS 7.

This image contains a Redis server on CentOS 7. This work is based on the official Redis image's Dockerfile:

https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/redis/⁠

⁠What is Redis?

Redis is an open-source, networked, in-memory, key-value data store with optional durability. It is written in ANSI C. The development of Redis has been sponsored by Pivotal since May 2013; before that, it was sponsored by VMware. According to the monthly ranking by DB-Engines.com, Redis is the most popular key-value store. The name Redis means REmote DIctionary Server.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Redis⁠

⁠How to use this image

⁠start a redis instance

docker run --name some-redis -P -d andrefernandes/docker-redis

This image includes EXPOSE 6379 (the redis port), so standard container linking will make it automatically available to the linked containers (as the following examples illustrate).

⁠start with persistent storage

Mounting the container VOLUME "/data" on the "/opt/redis-data" host folder:

docker run --name some-redis -v /opt/redis-data:/data -d andrefernandes/docker-redis redis-server --appendonly yes

Persistent data for VOLUME "/data" can also be stored in a volume container, which can be used with --volumes-from some-volume-container:

docker run --name some-redis-data -d -v /data busybox echo "Data volume container for Redis"
docker run -d --volumes-from some-redis-data --name some-redis andrefernandes/docker-redis

For more about Redis Persistence, see http://redis.io/topics/persistence⁠.

⁠connect to it from an application

docker run --name some-app --link some-redis:redis -d application-that-uses-redis

⁠… or via redis-cli

docker run -it --link some-redis:redis --rm andrefernandes/docker-redis sh -c 'exec redis-cli -h "$REDIS_PORT_6379_TCP_ADDR" -p "$REDIS_PORT_6379_TCP_PORT"'