Installing and Using RedisInsight: GUI Management for Redis on Linux and Kubernetes

RedisInsight is a visual GUI management tool for Redis that monitors memory, connections, hit rate, uptime, and provides a built‑in CLI with module support.

Key features include unique support for Redis Cluster, browser‑based key search and edit, SSL/TLS connections, and memory analysis.

Physical installation on Linux involves downloading the RedisInsight package, moving it to /usr/local/redisinsight , making it executable, setting environment variables (REDISINSIGHT_HOST, REDISINSIGHT_HOSTDIR, etc.), and starting the service with nohup .

[root@Redis ~]# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg redisinsight-linux64-1.11.0
[root@Redis ~]# mkdir /usr/local/redisinsight
[root@Redis ~]# mv redisinsight-linux64-1.11.0 /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0
[root@Redis ~]# chmod +x /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0

[root@Redis ~]# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOST=192.168.1.1" >> ~/.bash_profile
[root@Redis ~]# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOSTDIR=/usr/local/redisinsight/.redisinsight" >> ~/.bash_profile
[root@Redis ~]# source ~/.bash_profile

[root@Redis ~]# nohup /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-linux64-1.4.0 &
[root@Redis ~]# ps aux | grep redis

Kubernetes deployment is performed by creating a redisinsight.yaml file that defines a NodePort Service and a Deployment, then applying it with kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml .

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: redisinsight-service
spec:
  type: NodePort
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8001
    nodePort: 31888
  selector:
    app: redisinsight
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: redisinsight
  labels:
    app: redisinsight
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: redisinsight
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: redisinsight
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: redisinsight
        image: redislabs/redisinsight:1.7.0
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        volumeMounts:
        - name: db
          mountPath: /db
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8001
          protocol: TCP
      volumes:
      - name: db
        emptyDir: {}

After Redis is installed (or an existing instance is used), RedisInsight can be accessed via the configured IP and port, where users can view cluster information, perform data operations, and analyze memory usage through the graphical interface.