# \#redis

**URL:** https://discuss.circleci.com/tag/redis/100.md

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## [Redis: Fatal: Can't initialize Background Jobs](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-fatal-cant-initialize-background-jobs/48376)

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**Author:** [@amatveiev](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/amatveiev)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-fatal-cant-initialize-background-jobs/48376 "2025-05-07T09:16:36Z")

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Dockerized Redis (latest and 6.2 tags) stopped working on a Linux machine with ‘ubuntu-2004:202010-01’ image. Error: WARNING overcommit\_memory is set to 0! Background save may fail under low memory condition. To fix th…

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## [Setting up Redis in CircleCI](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/setting-up-redis-in-circleci/35868)

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**Author:** [@vck3000](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vck3000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/setting-up-redis-in-circleci/35868 "2023-09-26T10:29:15Z")

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Hi guys, I’ve searched high and low for a quick simple solution to my problem but am struggling. I have a simple script in my node js project which will spin up a redis docker container on port 6378 (not the default 63…

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## [Running a Redis Cluster in Circle](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-a-redis-cluster-in-circle/47491)

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**Author:** [@tomwk](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/tomwk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 17, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/running-a-redis-cluster-in-circle/47491 "2023-03-17T22:33:48Z")

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I’ve got an Elasticache Redis Cluster in AWS I would like to simulate in my integration tests on Circle. Running a single Redis box is easy enough, but I have to connect to the Elasticache system using new Cluster (I’m …

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## [“Build was cancelled” in redis database service container](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/build-was-cancelled-in-redis-database-service-container/44627)

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**Author:** [@Joshua\_Igoni](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Joshua_Igoni)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/build-was-cancelled-in-redis-database-service-container/44627 "2022-07-05T11:00:58Z")

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Hi, am running redis container as a service container to actually carryout my testing(pytest). after configuring redis as a secondary container, redis is pulled and run, but then is cancelled saying “Build was cancelle…

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## [How to run Redis 3.2](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-run-redis-3-2/5815)

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**Author:** [@pedrobelo](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/pedrobelo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-run-redis-3-2/5815 "2018-06-17T17:27:58Z")

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Hi folks, How can I run Redis 3.2 in Circle? I need it because of the geo\* commands. Read some tips on downloading/compiling it manually here, but trying these out I'm running into issues as the new server apparently…

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## [CircleCI fails to run npm install](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-fails-to-run-npm-install/21998)

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**Author:** [@vadimivymark](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vadimivymark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-fails-to-run-npm-install/21998 "2018-04-26T09:34:45Z")

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my .circleci/config.yml is: version: 2 jobs: build: docker: - image: circleci/ruby:2.4 - image: circleci/node:6.10 environment: CIRCLE\_ARTIFACTS: /tmp/circleci-artifacts CIRCLE\_TEST\_REPORTS: /tmp/circleci-test…

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## [Circle CI 2.0 Rails Redis Resque - Rspec Redis Server Not Found Error](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circle-ci-2-0-rails-redis-resque-rspec-redis-server-not-found-error/18957)

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**Author:** [@chrishough](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/chrishough)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circle-ci-2-0-rails-redis-resque-rspec-redis-server-not-found-error/18957 "2017-12-23T13:20:47Z")

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When our test suite runs we are getting the following issue regarding redis-server. No matter what we have tried, nothing seems to get past this error. We have validated via dockerize that the containers are live by wai…

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## [CircleCI bug for builds with redis](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-bug-for-builds-with-redis/13124)

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**Author:** [@pustserg](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/pustserg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-bug-for-builds-with-redis/13124 "2017-09-27T18:06:27Z")

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Hi. I use redis for specs. But all builds after add redis to config file are failed as a CircleCI Bug. Here is my circle.yml machine: services: - redis ruby: version: 2.3 node: version: 6.1.0 What is…

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## [Used ZooKeeper and Redis ports on newly created instance](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/used-zookeeper-and-redis-ports-on-newly-created-instance/5828)

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**Author:** [@beck-daniel](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/beck-daniel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/used-zookeeper-and-redis-ports-on-newly-created-instance/5828 "2016-08-23T23:09:07Z")

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After creating an instance with nothing but docker started, attempting to start ZooKeeper and Redis containers fails with the following errors: ERROR: for zookeeper Cannot start service zookeeper: failed to create endpo…

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## [Redis service does not start properly](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-service-does-not-start-properly/4665)

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**Author:** [@phallguy](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/phallguy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-service-does-not-start-properly/4665 "2017-01-12T20:42:52Z")

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I have the following in my circle.yml and the build log shows that redis-server was started but when I try to run my specs the server isn't running. machine: services: - elasticsearch - redis If I manually t…

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## [How to install php extensions on Trusty](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-install-php-extensions-on-trusty/4636)

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**Author:** [@emersonthis](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/emersonthis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-install-php-extensions-on-trusty/4636 "2016-09-28T14:39:00Z")

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I need to install PHP's redis extension. I'm on PHP 5.6 (PECL only supports 7+) I'm running sudo apt-get install php5-redis. It works but then when I run php -m afterwards the redis module is not listed. I tried this: …

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## [Redis Server Problems...Unable to Connect localhost:6379](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-server-problems-unable-to-connect-localhost-6379/4040)

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**Author:** [@MatthewSuttles](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/MatthewSuttles)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-server-problems-unable-to-connect-localhost-6379/4040 "2016-08-03T12:08:22Z")

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Hello Everyone, Just joined CircleCI yesterday to trial before we get a couple of servers to do full scale testing. We don’t have much customization when it comes to our app. We use Elasticsearch and Redis along with Si…

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## [Redis error in flushdb](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-error-in-flushdb/3677)

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**Author:** [@dzader](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dzader)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/redis-error-in-flushdb/3677 "2016-05-31T19:34:51Z")

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Testing out running my suite on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) and am seeing this error a lot (never saw it before on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise)) - Anyone have any ideas what the culprit might be Failure/Error: REDIS.flushdb …

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## [Docker redis port 6379 issue](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/docker-redis-port-6379-issue/1251)

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**Author:** [@dakotalightning](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/dakotalightning)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/docker-redis-port-6379-issue/1251 "2015-12-24T23:45:02Z")

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Im having an issue with docker redis and port 6379 not working. Creating dockerrails\_redis\_1 ERROR: Cannot start container cfade3735cb7d048eee2e0f61567eae85dc0c8de48e07872909e30febbbdeb6c: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:6379: bind…
