If you want to install MSOpenTech's latest port of Redis, on a Windows server, watched over by a Windows Service, without having to build anything yourself, read on.

MSOpenTech's seems to be the only port that is actively trying to keep up with the latest and greatest Redis. They claim it is production-ready, but they haven't exactly packaged it up neatly for installation on a server, especially if you want to run their RedisWatcher service to keep an eye on it, which is recommended. (I tried building RedisWatcher myself per their instructions, but the required Wix Toolset managed to mess up my system pretty good. I won't go into it.) Fortunately they've provided all the binaries you need, just not all in one place. From the README:

So far the RedisWatcher is not carried over to 2.6. However this should not be affected by the Redis version, and the code in the 2.4 branch should work with the Redis 2.6 binaries.

So you'll need to download binaries from 2 branches in order to get all the necessary bits. Without further ado, here are the steps:

1. Download and extract the Redis binaries from the 2.6 branch
2. Copy all extracted binaries to c:\redis\bin
3. Create another folder at c:\redis\inst1
4. Download and extract the RedisWatcher binaries from the 2.4 branch
5. Run InstallWatcher.msi. This should create a Windows service called Redis watcher.
6. Open up the Windows Services console and start the Redis watcher service.
7. (optional) RedisWatcher should have installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\RedisWatcher. There you'll find a config file called watcher.conf, which you can edit to set up additional instances, use different paths than I specified in steps 2 & 3, etc. You will not need to restart the service for changes to take effect.

If you have Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 you can do it like this:

Set up WSL:

1. To enable Windows Subsystem for Linux, follow the instructions on Microsoft Docs. The short version is: In Windows 10, Microsoft replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell as the default shell. Open PowerShell as Administrator and run this command to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL):

   Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux
   

2. Reboot Windows after making the change—note that you only need to do this one time.

3. Download and install one of the supported Linux distros from the Microsoft Store. Ubuntu works fine.
   Note that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS may give you some trouble because of a known issue with the realtime clock (as of August 2020). Choosing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS instead avoids that issue.

Install and Test Redis:

1. Launch the installed distro from your Windows Store and then install redis-server. The following example works with Ubuntu (you’ll need to wait for initialization and create a login upon first use):

   > sudo apt-get update
   > sudo apt-get upgrade
   > sudo apt-get install redis-server
   > redis-cli -v
   

2. Restart the Redis server to make sure it is running:

   > sudo service redis-server restart
   

3. Execute a simple Redis command to verify your Redis server is running and available:

   $ redis-cli 
   127.0.0.1:6379> set user:1 "Oscar"
   127.0.0.1:6379> get user:1
   "Oscar"
   

4. To stop your Redis server:

   > sudo service redis-server stop
   

Source:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux

Download redis from Download Redis for windows

• Then install it
• open cmd with admin rights
• run command net start redis

Thats it.

You can use Memurai for Windows, a Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows, currently compatible with Redis 5. Memurai aims to fulfill the need for a supported Redis-compatible datastore on the Windows platform. At its core, it’s based on Redis source code, ported to run natively on Windows, and it’s designed to provide the level of reliability and performance required for production environments. Memurai is free for development and testing. You can learn more and download Memurai at https://www.memurai.com.

Alexis Campailla
CEO, Memurai

There are two ways. You can use MSI installation file or do it manually:

First download the msi or the zip file:

https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases

Watch video tutorial (video covers example of both installations)

See this installation video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFhlv-gBXQ

Instruction - for those who can not YT at work:

You can download a moderately out-of-date precompiled version of Redis for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows thanks to Dusan Majkic from his GitHub page: https://github.com/dmajkic/redis/downloads. Go ahead and do that now.

After you download Redis, you’ll need to extract the executables from the zip file. As long as you’re using a version of Windows more recent than Windows XP, you should be able to extract Redis without any additional software. Do that now.

After you’ve extracted either the 32- or 64-bit version of Redis to a location of your choice (depending on your platform and preferences; remember that 64-bit Windows can run 32- or 64-bit Redis, but 32-bit Windows can only run 32-bit Redis), you can start Redis by double-clicking on the redis-server executable. After Redis has started, you should see a window similar to figure A.1.

src: https://redis.com/ebook/appendix-a/a-3-installing-on-windows/a-3-2-installing-redis-on-window/

To install Redis on Windows system follow the below steps:

1. Visit one of the below link:

https://github.com/MSOpenTech/redis/releases (recommended) https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads

2. Download MSI file.
3. Follow the installation Wizard and install the program on your system. (do not change the installation path that is "C:\Program Files\Redis")
4. Search for "Edit system environment variable" on your start menu
5. Click on "Environment Variable" button
6. Select "Path" and click on "Edit"
7. Now click on "New"
8. Paste C:\Program Files\Redis (or the path in case you have changed while installing)
9. Click on "Okay", "Okay" and "Okay"

Now open your Terminal (command prompt) and run redis-cli

Well I am getting some error to open redis-server (It was working fine till now but not sure what's wrong so figuring out and will update this answer)

One of the most easy way to run Redis on windows host is to use Docker Redis container. Just fire up Hyper-V, Download Docker and run Redis

I am using Memurai which is Redis-compatible cache and datastore for Windows. It is also recommended by Microsoft open tech as it written on their former project here.

This project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way.

you can install Redis by following this article: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows but for going straight, you can download it by this link: https://github.com/ServiceStack/redis-windows/raw/master/downloads/redis-latest.zip after downloading, go to the directory which you like to put your files,then extract the zip file, then open a command prompt and go to the directory where you extracted your file, then type "redis-server" and hit enter(for opening redis-cli open command and route to redis directory, but instead of "redis-server" execute "redis-cli").

I've provided installation instructions and downloads for the 2 most popular ways of running Redis on windows at: https://github.com/mythz/redis-windows that shows how to:

1. Use Vagrant to run the latest stable version of Redis inside a VirtualBox VM.
2. Download and run Microsoft's Native Windows port of Redis

Using Windows 10?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

/etc/apt/sources.list

(Debian 10 Buster/Bullseye)
Installs latest stable Redis (5.0.6 at time of posting)

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main

apt install redis-server

The redis version on windows was published by microsoft open tech team But recently this project has been archived to https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis read-only and will not update. Has stopped development

The MSOpenTech-Redis project is no longer being actively maintained. If you are looking for a Windows version of Redis, you may want to check out Memurai. Please note that Microsoft is not officially endorsing this product in any way. More details in https://github.com/microsoftarchive/redis

To install & setup Redis Server on Windows 10 https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

To install & setup Redis Server on macOS & Linux https://redis.io/download

Also, you may install & setup Redis Server on Linux via the package manager

For quick Redis Server Installation & Setup Guide for macOS https://github.com/rahamath18/Redis-on-MacOS

You can go through the below steps and get setup redis in windows.

1. Download the Redis zip file. Click here!

2. Extract the zip file to the prepared directory.

3. Run redis-server.exe, you can either directly run redis-server.exe by clicking or run via command prompt.

4. Run redis-cli.exe, after successfully running the redis-server. You can access it and test commands by running redis-cli.exe Test PING command is used to test if a connection is still alive.

Reading about some users running Redis in a VM, it brought to my mind the recommendations from Redis team :

Redis runs slower on a VM. Virtualization toll is quite high because for many common operations. (...) Prefer to run Redis on a physical box, especially if you favor deterministic latencies. On a state-of-the-art hypervisor (VMWare), result of redis-benchmark on a VM through the physical network is almost divided by 2 compared to the physical machine, with some significant CPU time spent in system and interruptions.

There is no native version of the Redis for windows.(Only some old versions are available)

But you can install latest versions using WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux), Refer the following blog from the Redis Labs:

https://redislabs.com/blog/redis-on-windows-10

after you downloaded and installed Redis, checkout the documentation doc in the Redis installation folder. you can find everything there in regard to how to start and stop redis-server.
If you installed Redis through the .exe file chances are you're already running it. to make sure whether the Redis server is running checkout the Task Manager -> services tab.

under status field you can see whether it's running or not. If it's stopped right click on it and start the service.

You can write Redis commands in redis-cli, and to open redis-cli in terminal type:

C:\Program Files\Redis\redis-cli.exe

for ease of access you can add the Redis installation directory as an environment variable.

Today you have two most up-to-date options:

The first is an open source fork that is on this link that offers compatibility with version 5 (version 6 in development).

The second is memurai (paid), compatible with version 5, has support and a free version for development.

You can install Redis on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux(a.k.a WSL2). WSL2 is a compatibility layer for running Linux binary executables natively on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. WSL2 lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment(that includes command-line tools, utilities, and applications) directly on Windows.

Follow the link below to create Redis database on Microsoft Windows 10 https://developer.redislabs.com/create/windows

Installing Redis

Windows

⚫ Windows 8.1 and Earlier

1. Download Redis (msi) from the link https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis/releases

2. Run the installer

3. Open the folder where Redis has been installed and Start redis-server to check if redis is working by clicking on redis-server

4. Stop Redis server by typing SHUTDOWN SAVE or force quit by CTRL + C

5. Open Start

6. Type Environment Variables and click on edit environment variables and path

7. Inside System variables, click on path

8. In the next window click on new.

9. Add a new path

10. C:\Program Files\{Your Redis Version} Where Redis Version is the Redis version installed on your system For e.g. C:\Program Files\Redis-x64-3.2.100

11. Verify That Setup was Successful Check by typing redis-cli or redis-server

⚫ Windows 10

1. Step Up WSL

a. Run Windows Powershell as Administrator

b. Run the following command

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

c. Reboot Windows after making the change

d. Download Ubuntu Distros from windows store from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu-1804/9n9tngvndl3q?activetab=pivot%3Aoverviewtab

2. Install and Test Redis

a. Launch the downloaded distro and run the following commands

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install redis-server
redis-cli -v

Note: Incase of any errors with installation, refer this article.

i updated the way you can compile and run redis 5 on windows 10 using cygwin https://github.com/meiry/redis5_compiled_for_windows10

VARY EASY:(NO ANY CAMMAN OR NOT GOING TO ANY LINK,ONLY FOLLOW THIS STEP ,FOR ALL VERSION)   
             FIRST INSTALL REDIS 
                -->>AFTER OPEN TASKBAR
                -->>OPEN SERVICE(taskbar service)
                -->>CHOOSE REDIS 
                -->>RIGTH CLICK ON REDIS SERVICE AND OPEN SERVICE(VIEW IMAGES) 
                -->>CLICK ON START OR RESTART.(ALSO SET AUTOSTART)