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Install Redis

sudo apt install -y redis-server
Verify the version:
  redis-server -v

Configure for systemd

sudo sed -i "s/^supervised no/supervised systemd/" /etc/redis/redis.conf

Enable and start

sudo systemctl enable redis-server
sudo systemctl restart redis-server
  redis-cli ping   # PONG

Optional: set a password

sudo sed -i "s/^# requirepass foobared/requirepass CHANGE_ME/" /etc/redis/redis.conf
sudo systemctl restart redis-server

Verify service status

sudo systemctl status redis-server --no-pager
Used by BullMQ queues (e.g. Jethings content cloning jobs) for job state and caching.