Master RedisInsight: Install, Deploy on Kubernetes, and Unlock Redis Monitoring

1. RedisInsight Overview

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

Key features include:

Only GUI tool that fully supports Redis Cluster.

Browser‑based key search, view, and edit.

SSL/TLS connections and memory analysis.

2. Installation and Usage

1. Physical Installation

Download the RedisInsight package and extract it.

# ls
anaconda-ks.cfg  redisinsight-linux64-1.11.0
# mkdir /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

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

Important variables:

REDISINSIGHT_PORT

: listening port (default 8001).

REDISINSIGHT_HOST

: IP address (default 0.0.0.0).

LOG_DIR

: log directory (default REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR).

REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR

: data directory (default ~/.redisinsight).

Start the service:

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

2. Kubernetes Installation

Create a RedisInsight yaml file:

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: {}

Deploy with:

# kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml

3. Basic Usage

Install Redis if not already present, then start it.

# 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 UI via the configured IP and port.

The UI displays various Redis metrics, allows data operations, and provides memory analysis tools.