Ansible Role: Redis

Modular Ansible Role for deploying and configuring Redis

Requirements

This role supports the following platforms:

• RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux: 7, 8, 9
• Debian: 12 (Bookworm), 13 (Trixie)
• Ubuntu: 22.04 (Jammy), 24.04 (Noble)

Package Sources

This role installs Redis from the following repositories:

• CentOS/RHEL 7: Remi Repository
• RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux 8+: Official Redis Repository
• Debian/Ubuntu: Official Redis Repository

Installation

ansible-galaxy install inmotionhosting.redis

Dependencies

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below with their default values (see defaults/main.yml):

Variable	Default	Description
redis_conf_bind	127.0.0.1	The IP addresses Redis will bind to.
redis_conf_io_threads	(CPU cores - 1)	Number of I/O threads for threaded I/O (minimum 1).
redis_conf_lazyfree_lazy_eviction	yes	Use lazy freeing on eviction (improves performance).
redis_conf_lazyfree_lazy_expire	yes	Use lazy freeing on key expiration (improves performance).
redis_conf_lazyfree_lazy_server_del	yes	Use lazy freeing on server-side DEL operations (improves performance).
redis_conf_replica_lazy_flush	yes	Use lazy freeing on replica FLUSHALL/FLUSHDB (improves performance).
redis_conf_maxmemory	""	Maximum memory limit (e.g., 1G, 512M). Empty for no limit.
redis_conf_maxmemory_policy	allkeys-lru	The memory eviction policy to use.
redis_conf_port	6379	The port Redis will listen on.
redis_conf_requirepass	false	The password required to authenticate to Redis, or false to disable authentication.
redis_conf_timeout	60	Client idle timeout in seconds (0 to disable).
redis_conf_unixsocket_path	""	Path to the Redis Unix socket file (empty to disable).
redis_conf_unixsocket_permissions	770	The permissions to set on the Unix socket file.

Example Playbook

Basic usage:

- hosts: www
  roles:
    - role: inmotionhosting.redis

With custom configuration:

- hosts: www
  roles:
    - role: inmotionhosting.redis
      redis_conf_maxmemory: 2G
      redis_conf_requirepass: "your_secure_password"
      redis_conf_bind: "0.0.0.0"

License

GPLv3

Author Information

InMotion Hosting