Setup redis-cli without the whole Redis Server on AWS EC2

This short setup will show you how to install redis-clion AWS EC2 without having to install the whole Redis Server.

On your EC2 instance run the following commands:

sudo yum install gcc

This may return an "already installed" message, but that's OK. After that, just run:

wget http://download.redis.io/redis-stable.tar.gz && \
tar xvzf redis-stable.tar.gz && \
cd redis-stable && make && \
sudo cp src/redis-cli /usr/local/bin/ && \
sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/redis-cli && \
cd && echo "cleaning.." && \
rm -rf redis-stable* && \
echo "All done !"

In order to connect to your remote server, use something like:

$ redis-cli -h 192.268.34.32

References:

• http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/UserGuide/GettingStarted.ConnectToCacheNode.Redis.html
• https://www.devops.zone/ha-performance-caching/installing-redis-cli-without-installing-server/