Running Redis as a Service
In order to better integrate with the Windows Services model, new command line arguments have been introduced to Redis. These service arguments require an elevated user context in order to connect to the service control manager. If these commands are invoked from a non-elevated context, Redis will attempt to create an elevated context in which to execute these commands. This will cause a User Account Control dialog to be displayed by Windows and may require Administrative user credentials in order to proceed.
Installing the Service
--service-install
This must be the first argument on the redis-server command line. Arguments after this are passed in the order they occur to Redis when the service is launched. The service will be configured as Autostart and will be launched as "NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService". Upon successful installation a success message will be displayed and Redis will exit.
This command does not start the service.
For instance:
redis-server --service-install redis.windows.conf --loglevel verbose
Uninstalling the Service
--service-uninstall
This will remove the Redis service configuration information from the registry. Upon successful uninstallation a success message will be displayed and Redis will exit.
This does command not stop the service.
For instance:
redis-server --service-uninstall
Starting the Service
--service-start
This will start the Redis service. Upon successful start, a success message will be displayed and Redis will begin running.
For instance:
redis-server --service-start
Stopping the Service
--service-stop
This will stop the Redis service. Upon successful termination a success message will be displayed and Redis will exit.
For instance:
redis-server --service-stop
Naming the Service
--service-name name
This optional argument may be used with any of the preceding commands to set the name of the installed service. This argument should follow the service-install, service-start, service-stop or service-uninstall commands, and precede any arguments to be passed to Redis via the service-install command.
The following would install and start three separate instances of Redis as a service:
redis-server --service-install –service-name redisService1 –port 10001
redis-server --service-start –service-name redisService1
redis-server --service-install –service-name redisService2 –port 10002
redis-server --service-start –service-name redisService2
redis-server --service-install –service-name redisService3 –port 10003
redis-server --service-start –service-name redisService3
