What is Redis Databases? How to Use It?

Introduction

Hello, I will briefly introduce RedisInsight, the official GUI that lets us view and modify real-time data on a Redis server through a graphical interface, instead of typing every command by hand in redis-cli.

Download

RedisInsight is 100% free with no signup or trial required — download it directly from redis.io/insight for Windows, macOS, or Linux, or run it as a Docker container if you’d rather not install anything locally.

Interface Overview

After downloading and installing Redis Databases, simply click the “Add Redis Database” button to connect to the Redis server where the data will be visualized. Once you enter your information as shown in the image, you can test the connection using “Test Connection.” When it says “Test Successful” at the bottom right, the addition process is complete.

Redis Databases

Let’s Test It

Previously, we had created and run a Redis container in Docker. If you haven’t deleted it, you can start that container again. Once it’s running successfully, you can access your connection through Redis Databases and view the message we created, as shown in the image below.

Redis message

For those who are new to Redis or just starting to learn it, I highly recommend using this application — it makes the data types covered earlier in this series much easier to see and understand than reading raw redis-cli output.

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