We force "daemonize no" in init script, so daemonize and pidfile does not have any effect in redis.conf. It's init/rc system's job to daemonize programs and handle pidfiles, if it needs it! Applications often communicate with Redis via unix socket, so it's convenient to have it enabled by default. --- a/redis.conf +++ b/redis.conf @@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ # incoming connections. There is no default, so Redis will not listen # on a unix socket when not specified. # -# unixsocket /tmp/redis.sock -# unixsocketperm 700 +unixsocket /run/redis/redis.sock +unixsocketperm 770 # Close the connection after a client is idle for N seconds (0 to disable) timeout 0 @@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ ################################# GENERAL ##################################### -# By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it. -# Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized. -daemonize no - # If you run Redis from upstart or systemd, Redis can interact with your # supervision tree. Options: # supervised no - no supervision interaction @@ -146,17 +142,6 @@ # They do not enable continuous liveness pings back to your supervisor. supervised no -# If a pid file is specified, Redis writes it where specified at startup -# and removes it at exit. -# -# When the server runs non daemonized, no pid file is created if none is -# specified in the configuration. When the server is daemonized, the pid file -# is used even if not specified, defaulting to "/var/run/redis.pid". -# -# Creating a pid file is best effort: if Redis is not able to create it -# nothing bad happens, the server will start and run normally. -pidfile /var/run/redis_6379.pid - # Specify the server verbosity level. # This can be one of: # debug (a lot of information, useful for development/testing) @@ -168,7 +153,7 @@ # Specify the log file name. Also the empty string can be used to force # Redis to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard # output for logging but daemonize, logs will be sent to /dev/null -logfile "" +logfile /var/log/redis/redis.log # To enable logging to the system logger, just set 'syslog-enabled' to yes, # and optionally update the other syslog parameters to suit your needs. @@ -191,7 +176,7 @@ # # However it is possible to force the pre-4.0 behavior and always show a # ASCII art logo in startup logs by setting the following option to yes. -always-show-logo yes +always-show-logo no ################################ SNAPSHOTTING ################################ # @@ -260,7 +245,7 @@ # The Append Only File will also be created inside this directory. # # Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name. -dir ./ +dir /var/lib/redis ################################# REPLICATION #################################