Redis Officially Launches RedisInsight: A Stunning GUI with Powerful Features

RedisInsight Overview

RedisInsight is an intuitive, high‑performance GUI management tool for Redis. It monitors memory usage, connection count, hit rate and uptime, provides an integrated CLI, supports Redis modules, and is the only GUI that can manage a Redis Cluster.

Key Features

Unique support for Redis Cluster

Browser‑based key search, view and edit

SSL/TLS connection support and built‑in memory analysis

1. Physical Installation on Linux

Download the RedisInsight package and place it in a dedicated directory.

[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 for host, data directory, log directory and listening port.

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

Variable details: REDISINSIGHT_PORT: default 8001 REDISINSIGHT_HOST: default 0.0.0.0 LOG_DIR: defaults to

REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR

REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR

: default ~/.redisinsight Start the service in the background.

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

2. Kubernetes Deployment

Create a redisinsight.yaml manifest that defines a Service (NodePort 31888 → targetPort 8001) and a Deployment using the official Docker image.

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

Install Redis (example uses 6.2.6) if not already present, then adjust the configuration to bind the desired IP, disable protected mode, enable daemonize, and set a password.

# 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
# cp redis.conf /usr/local/redis/
# /usr/local/redis/bin/redis-server /usr/local/redis/redis.conf

Access the RedisInsight UI using the configured IP and port (default 8001). The UI displays Redis statistics, allows key operations, and provides a memory‑analysis view.

Through the interface you can:

View real‑time memory, connections, hit rate and uptime

Execute CLI commands directly in the browser

Perform key CRUD operations via a searchable grid

Run built‑in memory analysis to identify large keys and fragmentation