Master RedisInsight: Install, Configure, and Use the Redis GUI Tool

RedisInsight Overview

RedisInsight is a visual GUI management tool for Redis that monitors memory, connections, hit rate, and uptime, and provides an integrated CLI with support for Redis modules.

Only GUI tool that fully supports Redis Cluster.

Browser‑based key search, view, and edit.

SSL/TLS connections and built‑in memory analysis.

Installation and Usage

1. Physical installation

Download the RedisInsight package, move it to /usr/local/redisinsight, make it executable, set environment variables, and start the service.

[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

Configure environment variables:

# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOST=192.168.1.1" >> ~/.bash_profile
# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR=/usr/local/redisinsight/.redisinsight" >> ~/.bash_profile
# source ~/.bash_profile

Start the RedisInsight service:

# nohup /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-linux64-1.4.0 &
# ps aux | grep redis

REDISINSIGHT_PORT

(default 8001) REDISINSIGHT_HOST (default 0.0.0.0) LOG_DIR (default REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR) REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR (default ~/.redisinsight)

2. Kubernetes deployment

Create a redisinsight.yaml that defines a Service (NodePort 31888) and a Deployment using the image redislabs/redisinsight:1.7.0, then apply it with kubectl.

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
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: {}

Deploy with:

# kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml

3. Basic usage

If Redis is not yet installed, install it, adjust redis.conf (bind IP, disable protected‑mode, enable daemonize, set password), and start the server.

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

Access the RedisInsight web UI using the configured IP and port. The interface displays cluster information, memory analysis, and allows interactive key operations such as viewing, editing, and deleting data.