Master RedisInsight: Install, Configure & Use the Ultimate Redis GUI

RedisInsight Overview

RedisInsight is a GUI for Redis that provides real‑time monitoring (memory usage, connections, hit rate, uptime), a built‑in CLI, and full support for Redis Cluster and Redis modules.

Key Features

Only GUI that fully supports Redis Cluster.

Browser‑based key search, view and edit.

SSL/TLS connections and integrated memory analysis.

Linux Installation (v1.11.0)

Download the Linux binary, place it under /usr/local/redisinsight and make it executable.

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

Environment variables (optional)

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 service

nohup /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-1.11.0 &
ps aux | grep redisinsight   # verify the process

Kubernetes Deployment (image redislabs/redisinsight:1.7.0)

Create a redisinsight.yaml manifest that defines a NodePort Service (port 80 → targetPort 8001, nodePort 31888) and a Deployment with a single replica.

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
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8001
          protocol: TCP
        volumeMounts:
        - name: db
          mountPath: /db
      volumes:
      - name: db
        emptyDir: {}

Apply with kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml. The UI will be reachable at http://<NodeIP>:31888.

Basic Usage

After starting RedisInsight, open a browser at http://<IP>:8001 (or the NodePort defined above). The dashboard shows memory usage, connection count, hit rate and uptime. The built‑in CLI allows execution of any Redis command, and the key browser lets you search, view and edit keys. The Memory Analysis view visualises key‑size distribution and helps identify large keys.

Optional: Install Redis Server (v6.2.6)

If a Redis instance is not already available, the following commands compile and configure Redis 6.2.6, bind it to 192.168.1.1, disable protected mode, enable daemonization, set a 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 '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/
/usr/local/redis/bin/redis-server /usr/local/redis/redis.conf

Connect RedisInsight to the server using the configured IP, port (default 6379) and password.