Install Redis and Redis PHP extension for cPanel Server

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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:

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

Now run the following:

cd ~
wget -O redis.tgz https://pecl.php.net/get/redis
tar -xvf redis.tgz
rm -f redis.tgz
cd ~/redis*

for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
/opt/cpanel/"$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
done

/scripts/restartsrv_httpd
/scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm

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

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
dnf -y install redis --enablerepo=remi --disableplugin=priorities
systemctl enable redis
systemctl start redis

Followed by:

cd ~
wget -O redis.tgz https://pecl.php.net/get/redis
tar -xvf redis.tgz
rm -f redis.tgz
cd ~/redis*

for phpver in $(whmapi1 php_get_installed_versions|grep -oE '\bea-php.*') ; do
/opt/cpanel/"$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
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.

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