Set redis to start automatically on boot under mac

When it is not set to boot automatically, the following command will be executed every time:

redis-server /usr/local/redis-5.0.5/redis.conf

Let's start to set up redis to start automatically

You need a .plist file to specify which programs to start on boot. First let's create a .plist file:

sudo vim /Library/LaunchDaemons/io.redis.redis-server.plist

Here is an example of a .plist configuration file for booting:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>io.redis.redis-server</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/usr/local/opt/redis/bin/redis-server</string>
        <string>//usr/local/etc/redis.conf</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

After editing the plist file, we need to load the file into launchd and use the launchctl command. The specific command is as follows:

sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/io.redis.redis-server.plist

After restarting, redis can be booted and started. If you don't want to restart, you can also use the following command:

sudo launchctl start io.redis.redis-server 

If you want to close redis, use the following command:

sudo launchctl stop io.redis.redis-server

For ease of use, we can set aliases for redis on and off commands:

alias redisstart='sudo launchctl start io.redis.redis-server'
alias redisstop='sudo launchctl stop io.redis.redis-server'