When should I use this redis-server.service?
Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.
curl https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/8e6f8f143d72c57efdfa64f8886dbc5a?hint=redis-server.service
wget -O redis-server.service https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/8e6f8f143d72c57efdfa64f8886dbc5a?hint=redis-server.service
You are a DevOps agent. Fetch the default Redis config for Debian 13 (Trixie) from https://exampleconfig.com/api/v1/config/original/8e6f8f143d72c57efdfa64f8886dbc5a?hint=redis-server.service. Compare with my current /etc/systemd/redis-server.service and summarize differences and safe changes.
Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or other AI assistants.
[Unit] Description=Advanced key-value store After=network.target Documentation=http://redis.io/documentation, man:redis-server(1) [Service] Type=notify ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf --supervised systemd --daemonize no PIDFile=/run/redis/redis-server.pid TimeoutStopSec=0 Restart=always User=redis Group=redis RuntimeDirectory=redis RuntimeDirectoryMode=2755 UMask=007 PrivateTmp=true LimitNOFILE=65535 PrivateDevices=true ProtectHome=true ProtectSystem=strict ReadWritePaths=-/var/lib/redis ReadWritePaths=-/var/log/redis ReadWritePaths=-/var/run/redis CapabilityBoundingSet= LockPersonality=true MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true NoNewPrivileges=true PrivateUsers=true ProtectClock=true ProtectControlGroups=true ProtectHostname=true ProtectKernelLogs=true ProtectKernelModules=true ProtectKernelTunables=true ProtectProc=invisible RemoveIPC=true RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX RestrictNamespaces=true RestrictRealtime=true RestrictSUIDSGID=true SystemCallArchitectures=native SystemCallFilter=@system-service SystemCallFilter=~ @privileged @resources # redis-server can write to its own config file when in cluster mode so we # permit writing there by default. If you are not using this feature, it is # recommended that you remove this line. ReadWriteDirectories=-/etc/redis # This restricts this service from executing binaries other than redis-server # itself. This is really effective at e.g. making it impossible to an # attacker to spawn a shell on the system, but might be more restrictive # than desired. If you need to, you can permit the execution of extra # binaries by adding an extra ExecPaths= directive with the command # systemctl edit redis-server.service NoExecPaths=/ ExecPaths=/usr/bin/redis-server /usr/lib /lib [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Alias=redis.service
sudo apk add redis
sudo apt update && sudo apt install redis-server
sudo apt update && sudo apt install redis-server
When should I use this redis-server.service?
Restore it. Compare it. Start clean.
How do I restore Redis defaults?
Download, replace, restart.
Is redis-server.service safe for production?
Yes. This is exactly what shipped. Safe starting point.
How does this differ from other OS versions?
Defaults change. This one is specific to Debian 13 (Trixie).
Can I use this for Redis troubleshooting?
Absolutely. Diff this against yours to spot the problem.