This article provides a guide for how to install Redis and Redis PHP extension for cPanel server.

How to Install Redis and Redis PHP extension for cPanel Server

To install Redis and Redis PHP extension for cPanel server, follow the steps below:

1. Login via SSH as root user.
2. Run the following commands:

   rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
   rpm -ivh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
   yum -y install redis --enablerepo=remi --disableplugin=priorities
   systemctl enable redis
   systemctl start redis

3. Now run the following:

   for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
   cd ~
   wget -O redis.tgz https://pecl.php.net/get/redis
   tar -xvf redis.tgz
   cd ~/redis* || exit
   /opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/usr/bin/phpize
   ./configure --with-php-config=/opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/usr/bin/php-config
   make clean && make install
   echo 'extension=redis.so' > /opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/etc/php.d/redis.ini
   rm -rf ~/redis*
   done
   
   /scripts/restartsrv_httpd
   /scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm

4. The redis package and PHP extensions should now be installed. To check, run the following command:

   for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
   echo "PHP $phpver" ; /opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/usr/bin/php -i |grep "Redis Support"
   done

5. If successful, the output will be similar:
   

CentOS 8/AlmaLinux 8/Rocky Linux 8

• For CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky Linux 8 cPanel servers, adjust the command as follows:

  rpm -ivh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
  rpm -ivh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
  yum -y install redis --enablerepo=remi --disableplugin=priorities
  systemctl enable redis
  systemctl start redis

• Followed by:

  for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
  cd ~
  wget -O redis.tgz https://pecl.php.net/get/redis
  tar -xvf redis.tgz
  cd ~/redis* || exit
  /opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/usr/bin/phpize
  ./configure --with-php-config=/opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/usr/bin/php-config
  make clean && make install
  echo 'extension=redis.so' > /opt/cpanel/"$phpver"/root/etc/php.d/redis.ini
  rm -rf ~/redis*
  done
  
  /scripts/restartsrv_httpd
  /scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm

That's it. You now know how to install Redis and Redis PHP extensions on cPanel server.