Introduction

Redis’s usage as both a temporary data store and even as a permanent data store is increasing today, as memory has started becoming much cheaper. Redis’ quick memory-based CRUD operations allow database interactions to happen significantly faster than interactions with other databases that use drive-based storage. This blog is about three different methods to interact with your Redis data.

This blog will require having access to a Redis instance. Guides can be found to set up a local Redis instance for Windows  here and for UNIX based machines like Mac or other Linux distros.

Alternatively, you can use a remote instance, but be aware that some of the commands in this blog may delete or modify the data.

Redis Insight

For users that do not like working with command-line interfaces, the first tool introduced in this blog is a GUI interface called RedisInsight. After filling in their download form and installing, running the application will start a server on the localhost, which you can access with a browser.

After installing and running the application, you will add the connection information for your Redis instance. If running a local instance of Redis, the connection information in the image will typically suffice. If connecting to a remote instance, you might need to fill in some additional details for TLS, such as connection certificates.

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