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Redis 4.x Cookbook

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Redis 4.x Cookbook

Overview of this book

Redis is considered the world's most popular key-value store database. Its versatility and the wide variety of use cases it enables have made it a popular choice of database for many enterprises. Based on the latest version of Redis, this book provides both step-by-step recipes and relevant the background information required to utilize its features to the fullest. It covers everything from a basic understanding of Redis data types to advanced aspects of Redis high availability, clustering, administration, and troubleshooting. This book will be your great companion to master all aspects of Redis. The book starts off by installing and configuring Redis for you to get started with ease. Moving on, all the data types and features of Redis are introduced in detail. Next, you will learn how to develop applications with Redis in Java, Python, and the Spring Boot web framework. You will also learn replication tasks, which will help you to troubleshoot replication issues. Furthermore, you will learn the steps that need to be undertaken to ensure high availability on your cluster and during production deployment. Toward the end of the book, you will learn the topmost tasks that will help you to troubleshoot your ecosystem efficiently, along with extending Redis by using different modules.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Foreword
Contributors
Preface
13
Windows Environment Setup
Index

Chapter 13. Windows Environment Setup

For the readers who use Windows as the learning environment, it is strongly recommended to install VirtualBox (https://www.virtualbox.org/) and then set up the Ubuntu (http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04/) 16.04 operating system on a virtual machine. If you would like to stick to Windows, this chapter will show you how to set up a Windows environment for your learning:

  1. Install Ubuntu on Windows 10. In order to compile Redis from the source code and run the Bash shell scripts in this book, the Ubuntu subsystem of Windows 10 needs to be installed. You can follow the instructions at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about to get it installed.
  2. Install Cygwin and the related packages. Install Cygwin (https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe) to C:\tools\cygwin and choose Base and Devel categories to install Make, Cmake, gcc, and bash:
  1. Install Redis by compiling the following code:
user@DESKTOP-JUTUKJS:~$ cd /mnt/c 
user@DESKTOP-JUTUKJS:/mnt/c$ mkdir redis...