Redis Documentation

Hello! The followings are pointers to different parts of the Redis Documentation.

• The README is the best starting point to know more about the project.
• This short Quick Start provides a five minutes step-by-step istructions on how to download, compile, run and test the basic workings of a Redis server.
• The command reference is a description of all the Redis commands with links to command specific pages.
• This is a tuturial about creating a Twitter clone using *only* Redis as database, no relational DB at all is used, it is a good start to understand the key-value database paradigm.
• A Fifteen Minutes Introduction to the Redis Data Types explains how Redis data types work and the basic patterns of working with Redis.
• The features page (currently in draft) is a good start to understand the strength and limitations of Redis.
• The benchmark page is about the speed performances of Redis.
• Our FAQ contains of course some answers to common questions about Redis.
• How to donate to the project sponsoring features.

HOWTOs about selected features

• The Redis Replication HOWTO is what you need to read in order to understand how Redis master <-> slave replication works.
• The Append Only File HOWTO explains how the alternative Redis durability mode works. AOF is an alternative to snapshotting on disk from time to time (the default).

Hacking

• The Protocol Specification is all you need in order to implement a Redis client library for a missing language. PHP, Python, Ruby and Erlang are already supported.

Videos

• watch the Ezra Zygmuntowicz talk about Redis to know the most important Redis ideas in few minutes.