RedisInsight: The Official High‑Performance GUI for Redis

Redis is an open‑source, high‑performance in‑memory key‑value database that can significantly boost server performance. RedisInsight is the official visual tool that helps design, develop, and optimize Redis applications, offering query, analysis, and interactive CLI capabilities with built‑in support for Redis modules.

Key features of RedisInsight :

Only GUI tool that supports Redis Cluster.

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

Supports SSL/TLS connections and provides memory analysis directly in the UI.

1. Physical machine installation

[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:

[root@Redis ~]# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOST=192.168.1.1" >> ~/.bash_profile
[root@Redis ~]# echo "export REDISINSIGHT_HOST_DIR=/usr/local/redisinsight/.redisinsight" >> ~/.bash_profile
[root@Redis ~]# source ~/.bash_profile

Optional variables (default values shown): 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 in the background and verify the process:

[root@Redis ~]# nohup /usr/local/redisinsight/redisinsight-linux64-1.4.0 &
[root@Redis ~]# ps aux | grep redis

2. Kubernetes installation

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: {}

Apply the manifest:

[root@Redis ~]# kubectl apply -f redisinsight.yaml

3. Basic usage

If Redis is not yet installed, install it first:

[root@Redis ~]# wget https://download.redis.io/releases/redis-6.2.6.tar.gz
[root@Redis ~]# tar zxf redis-6.2.6.tar.gz
[root@Redis ~]# cd redis-6.2.6
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# make PREFIX=/usr/local/redis install
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# sed -i '/^bind 127.0.0.1/s/127.0.0.1/192.168.1.1/' redis.conf   # set IP
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# sed -i '/protected-mode/s/yes/no/' redis.conf               # disable protected mode
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# sed -i '/daemonize/s/no/yes/' redis.conf                     # enable daemon
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# sed -i '/requirepass/s/foobared/123123/' redis.conf            # set password
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# cp redis.conf /usr/local/redis/
[root@Redis redis-6.2.6]# /usr/local/redis/bin/redis-server /usr/local/redis/redis.conf

Access the RedisInsight UI using the configured IP and port (default 8001). The interface displays various Redis metrics, allows interactive operations on keys, and provides memory analysis visualizations, as shown in the accompanying screenshots.

Through these steps, users can install RedisInsight on both bare‑metal servers and Kubernetes clusters, configure it, and leverage its visual capabilities for monitoring, querying, and analyzing Redis instances.