Install Redis on macOS with Homebrew

Install

brew update
brew install redis

Upgrade

If Redis is already installed, you might want to upgrade:

brew upgrade redis

Verify

Check to see if Redis is already running:

redis-cli

If it’s already running, you can probably stop here.

Launch on System Boot

Check to see if it is already set up to launch on boot:

ls -l ~/Library/LaunchAgents | grep -i redis

Make it launch on boot:

ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/redis/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

Management

Redis can be started and stopped with these two commands:

brew services start redis
brew services stop redis