cn7seven/bitnami-docker-redis

Bitnami Redis Docker Image

What is Redis?

Redis is an advanced key-value cache and store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets, bitmaps and hyperloglogs.

redis.io

TLDR

docker run --name redis bitnami/redis:latest

Docker Compose

version: '2'

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'

Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Redis Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/redis:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

docker pull bitnami/redis:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself.

docker build -t bitnami/redis:latest https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-redis.git

Persisting your database

If you remove the container all your data and configurations will be lost, and the next time you run the image the data and configurations will be reinitialized. To avoid this loss of data, you should mount a volume that will persist even after the container is removed.

Note! If you have already started using your database, follow the steps on backing up and restoring to pull the data from your running container down to your host.

The image exposes a volume at /bitnami/redis for the Redis data and configurations. For persistence you can mount a directory at this location from your host. If the mounted directory is empty, it will be initialized on the first run.

docker run -v /path/to/redis-persistence:/bitnami/redis bitnami/redis:latest

or using Docker Compose:

version: '2'

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'
    volumes:
      - /path/to/redis-persistence:/bitnami/redis

Linking

If you want to connect to your Redis server inside another container, you can use the linking system provided by Docker.

Connecting a Redis client container to the Redis server container

Step 1: Run the Redis image with a specific name

The first step is to start our Redis server.

Docker's linking system uses container ids or names to reference containers. We can explicitly specify a name for our Redis server to make it easier to connect to other containers.

docker run --name redis bitnami/redis:latest

Step 2: Run Redis as a client and link to our server

Now that we have our Redis server running, we can create another container that links to it by giving Docker the --link option. This option takes the id or name of the container we want to link it to as well as a hostname to use inside the container, separated by a colon. For example, to have our Redis server accessible in another container with server as it's hostname we would pass --link redis:server to the Docker run command.

The Bitnami Redis Docker Image also ships with a Redis client, but by default it will start a server. To start the client instead, we can override the default command Docker runs by stating a different command to run after the image name.

docker run --rm -it --link redis:server bitnami/redis:latest redis-cli -h server

We started the Redis client passing in the -h option that allows us to specify the hostname of the server, which we set to the hostname we created in the link.

Note! You can also run the Redis client in the same container the server is running in using the Docker exec command.

docker exec -it redis redis-cli

Linking with Docker Compose

Step 1: Add a Redis entry in your docker-compose.yml

Copy the snippet below into your docker-compose.yml to add Redis to your application.

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'

Step 2: Link it to another container in your application

Update the definitions for containers you want to access your Redis server from to include a link to the redis entry you added in Step 1.

version: '2'

services:
  myapp:
    image: myapp
    depends_on:
      - redis

Inside myapp, use redis as the hostname for the Redis server.

Configuration

Setting the server password on first run

Passing the REDIS_PASSWORD environment variable when running the image for the first time will set the Redis server password to the value of REDIS_PASSWORD.

docker run --name redis -e REDIS_PASSWORD=password123 bitnami/redis:latest

or using Docker Compose:

version: '2'

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'
    environment:
      - REDIS_PASSWORD=password123

Setting up a replication

A replication cluster can easily be setup with the Bitnami Redis Docker Image using the following environment variables:

• REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE: The replication mode. Possible values master/slave. No defaults.
• REDIS_MASTER_HOST: Hostname/IP of replication master (slave parameter). No defaults.
• REDIS_MASTER_PORT: Server port of the replication master (slave parameter). Defaults to 6379.
• REDIS_MASTER_PASSWORD: Password to authenticate with the master (slave parameter). No defaults.

In a replication cluster you can have one master and zero or more slaves. When replication is enabled the master node is in read-write mode, while the slaves are in read-only mode. For best performance its advisable to limit the reads to the slaves.

Step 1: Create the replication master

The first step is to start the Redis master.

docker run --name redis-master \
  -e REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=master \
  -e REDIS_PASSWORD=masterpassword123 \
  bitnami/redis:latest

In the above command the container is configured as the master using the REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE parameter. The REDIS_PASSWORD parameter enables authentication on the Redis master.

Step 2: Create the replication slave

Next we start a Redis slave container.

docker run --name redis-slave \
  --link redis-master:master \
  -e REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=slave \
  -e REDIS_MASTER_HOST=master \
  -e REDIS_MASTER_PORT=6379 \
  -e REDIS_MASTER_PASSWORD=masterpassword123 \
  -e REDIS_PASSWORD=password123 \
  bitnami/redis:latest

In the above command the container is configured as a slave using the REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE parameter. The REDIS_MASTER_HOST, REDIS_MASTER_PORT and REDIS_MASTER_PASSWORD parameters are used connect and authenticate with the Redis master. The REDIS_PASSWORD parameter enables authentication on the Redis slave.

You now have a two node Redis master/slave replication cluster up and running which can be scaled by adding/removing slaves.

If the Redis master goes down you can reconfigure a slave to become a master using:

docker exec redis-slave redis-cli -a password123 SLAVEOF NO ONE

Note: The configuration of the other slaves in the cluster needs to be updated so that they are aware of the new master. In our example, this would involve restarting the other slaves with --link redis-slave:master.

With Docker Compose the master/slave replication can be setup using:

version: '2'

services:
  redis-primary:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379'
    environment:
      - REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=master
      - REDIS_PASSWORD=my_password
    volumes:
      - '/path/to/redis-persistence:/bitnami/redis'

  redis-secondary:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379'
    depends_on:
      - redis-primary
    environment:
      - REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=slave
      - REDIS_MASTER_HOST=redis-primary
      - REDIS_MASTER_PORT=6379
      - REDIS_MASTER_PASSWORD=my_password
      - REDIS_PASSWORD=my_password

Scale the number of slaves using:

docker-compose scale redis-primary=1 redis-secondary=3

The above command scales up the number of slaves to 3. You can scale down in the same way.

Note: You should not scale up/down the number of master nodes. Always have only one master node running.

Configuration file

The image looks for configuration in the conf/ directory of /bitnami/redis. As as mentioned in Persisting your database you can mount a volume at this location and copy your own configurations in the conf/ directory. The default configuration will be copied to the conf/ directory if it's empty.

Step 1: Run the Redis image

Run the Redis image, mounting a directory from your host.

docker run --name redis -v /path/to/redis-persistence:/bitnami/redis bitnami/redis:latest

or using Docker Compose:

version: '2'

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'
    volumes:
      - /path/to/redis-persistence:/bitnami/redis

Step 2: Edit the configuration

Edit the configuration on your host using your favorite editor.

vi /path/to/redis-persistence/conf/redis.conf

Step 3: Restart Redis

After changing the configuration, restart your Redis container for changes to take effect.

docker restart redis

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose restart redis

Further Reading:

• Redis Configuration Documentation

Logging

The Bitnami Redis Docker image sends the container logs to the stdout. To view the logs:

docker logs redis

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose logs redis

You can configure the containers logging driver using the --log-driver option if you wish to consume the container logs differently. In the default configuration docker uses the json-file driver.

Maintenance

Backing up your container

To backup your data, configuration and logs, follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Stop the currently running container

docker stop redis

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose stop redis

Step 2: Run the backup command

We need to mount two volumes in a container we will use to create the backup: a directory on your host to store the backup in, and the volumes from the container we just stopped so we can access the data.

docker run --rm -v /path/to/redis-backups:/backups --volumes-from redis busybox \
  cp -a /bitnami/redis:latest /backups/latest

or using Docker Compose:

docker run --rm -v /path/to/redis-backups:/backups --volumes-from `docker-compose ps -q redis` busybox \
  cp -a /bitnami/redis:latest /backups/latest

Restoring a backup

Restoring a backup is as simple as mounting the backup as volumes in the container.

docker run -v /path/to/redis-backups/latest:/bitnami/redis bitnami/redis:latest

or using Docker Compose:

version: '2'

services:
  redis:
    image: 'bitnami/redis:latest'
    ports:
      - '6379:6379'
    volumes:
      - /path/to/redis-backups/latest:/bitnami/redis

Upgrade this image

Bitnami provides up-to-date versions of Redis, including security patches, soon after they are made upstream. We recommend that you follow these steps to upgrade your container.

Step 1: Get the updated image

docker pull bitnami/redis:latest

or if you're using Docker Compose, update the value of the image property to bitnami/redis:latest.

Step 2: Stop and backup the currently running container

Before continuing, you should backup your container's data, configuration and logs.

Follow the steps on creating a backup.

Step 3: Remove the currently running container

docker rm -v redis

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose rm -v redis

Step 4: Run the new image

Re-create your container from the new image, restoring your backup if necessary.

docker run --name redis bitnami/redis:latest

or using Docker Compose:

docker-compose start redis

Testing

This image is tested for expected runtime behavior, using the Bats testing framework. You can run the tests on your machine using the bats command.

bats test.sh

Notable Changes

3.2.0-r0

• All volumes have been merged at /bitnami/redis. Now you only need to mount a single volume at /bitnami/redis for persistence.
• The logs are always sent to the stdout and are no longer collected in the volume.

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute to this container. You can request new features by creating an issue, or submit a pull request with your contribution.

Issues

If you encountered a problem running this container, you can file an issue. For us to provide better support, be sure to include the following information in your issue:

• Host OS and version
• Docker version (docker version)
• Output of docker info
• Version of this container (echo $BITNAMI_IMAGE_VERSION inside the container)
• The command you used to run the container, and any relevant output you saw (masking any sensitive information)

License

Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Bitnami

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.