Install the Redis

$ brew update
$ brew install redis

To have launchd start redis now and restart at login:

$ brew services start redis

to stop it, just run:

$ brew services stop redis

Or, if you don’t want/need a background service you can just run:

$ redis-server /usr/local/etc/redis.conf
$ redis-server

Test if Redis server is running.

$ redis-cli ping

If it replies “PONG”, then it’s good to go!

Location of Redis configuration file.

/usr/local/etc/redis.conf

Uninstall Redis and its files.

$ brew uninstall redis
$ rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.redis.plist