Master RedisInsight: Install, Configure, and Use the Redis GUI on Linux and Kubernetes

Introduction

Redis is an open‑source in‑memory key‑value store. RedisInsight is a visual GUI for managing Redis clusters, providing monitoring, an embedded CLI, memory analysis, and built‑in support for Redis modules.

Key Features

Only GUI tool that supports Redis Cluster.

Browser‑based interface for searching, viewing and editing keys.

SSL/TLS connections and built‑in memory analysis.

Linux Installation

Download the Linux package (e.g., redisinsight-linux64-1.11.0), extract it and move the binary to /usr/local/redisinsight.

# mkdir -p /usr/local/redisinsight
# mv redisinsight-linux64-1.11.0 /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0
# chmod +x /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0

Define environment variables in ~/.bash_profile (or a profile script) to control host, port, data and log directories.

export REDISINSIGHT_HOST=192.168.1.1
export REDISINSIGHT_PORT=8001
export REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR=$HOME/.redisinsight
export LOG_DIR=$REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR

Reload the profile with source ~/.bash_profile.

Start RedisInsight in the background and verify the process.

# nohup /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0 &
# ps -ef | grep redisinsight

Kubernetes Deployment

Create a manifest redisinsight.yaml that defines a Service (NodePort 31888 → container port 8001) and a Deployment using the official Docker image redislabs/redisinsight:1.7.0.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: redisinsight-service
spec:
  type: NodePort
  selector:
    app: redisinsight
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 8001
    nodePort: 31888
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: 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
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8001
        volumeMounts:
        - name: db
          mountPath: /db
      volumes:
      - name: db
        emptyDir: {}

Apply the manifest:

# kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml

Redis Server Installation (Optional)

If a Redis instance is not already running, the following commands install Redis 6.2.6 from source, bind it to 192.168.1.1, disable protected mode, enable daemon mode, set a password, and start the server.

wget https://download.redis.io/releases/redis-6.2.6.tar.gz
tar xzf redis-6.2.6.tar.gz
cd redis-6.2.6
make PREFIX=/usr/local/redis install
sed -i 's/^bind 127.0.0.1/bind 192.168.1.1/' redis.conf
sed -i 's/protected-mode yes/protected-mode no/' redis.conf
sed -i 's/daemonize no/daemonize yes/' redis.conf
sed -i 's/requirepass .*/requirepass 123123/' redis.conf
cp redis.conf /usr/local/redis/
nohup /usr/local/redis/bin/redis-server /usr/local/redis/redis.conf &

Accessing RedisInsight

Open a web browser and navigate to

http://<strong>REDISINSIGHT_HOST</strong>:<strong>REDISINSIGHT_PORT</strong>

. The UI displays memory usage, connection count, hit rate, uptime, key statistics and provides an embedded CLI for direct interaction and memory analysis.