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The Modern Redis Cookbook

A practical guide to Redis 7.x for developers and operators

Inspired by Tiago Macedo & Fred Oliveira's Redis Cookbook (2013), rewritten for Redis as it exists today.

About This Book

The original Redis Cookbook was published when Redis 2.x was current. Since then, Redis has gained Streams, ACLs, TLS, active-active replication, Redis Cluster maturity, Lua functions, Redis Stack (JSON, Search, TimeSeries, Bloom filters), and fundamental changes to persistence and threading.

This book preserves the recipe-driven, problem-solving spirit of the original while covering modern tooling, security defaults, and deployment patterns you'd actually use in 2026.

Who this is for: Backend developers, SREs, and architects who know what a key-value store is but want concrete patterns—not a marketing brochure.

What you'll need: Redis 7.x or 8.x (most examples work on 6.2+), redis-cli, and optionally Python 3.10+, Node.js 20+, or Go 1.22+.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

# Chapter File
— Preface Why this book exists, conventions, how to read it

Part I — Fundamentals

# Chapter File
1 An Introduction to Redis When to use Redis, installation, data model, RESP3
2 Clients CLI, Python, Go, Node.js, connection pooling

Part II — Data Structures

# Chapter File
3 Strings and Keys Counters, bitmaps, key patterns, expiration
4 Lists Queues, capped lists, blocking operations
5 Sets Tags, unique visitors, set algebra
6 Hashes Objects, field-level updates, HSETEX
7 Sorted Sets Leaderboards, time-series scores, range queries
8 Bitmaps, HyperLogLog & Bloom Filters Cardinality, deduplication, probabilistic structures
9 Streams & Geospatial Event logs, consumer groups, GEO commands

Part III — Recipes (Leveraging Redis)

# Chapter File
10 Caching Patterns Cache-aside, write-through, stampede prevention
11 Pub/Sub & Messaging Chat, notifications, Streams vs Pub/Sub
12 Search & Analytics Inverted indexes, time buckets, RediSearch
13 Job Queues & Task Workers Reliable queues, delayed jobs, idempotency
14 Real-World Patterns Rate limiting, sessions, distributed locks, OAuth tokens

Part IV — Operations & Administration

# Chapter File
15 Persistence RDB, AOF, hybrid persistence, backups
16 Replication Primary/replica, read scaling, replication offsets
17 Sentinel & High Availability Automatic failover, monitoring
18 Cluster & Sharding Hash slots, resharding, client routing
19 Security, ACL & TLS Users, permissions, encryption in transit
20 Performance & Tuning Memory, latency, pipelining, slowlog

Part V — Advanced Topics

# Chapter File
21 Lua Scripting & Functions Atomic server-side logic, Redis Functions
22 Transactions & Pipelining MULTI/EXEC, WATCH, optimistic locking
23 Modules & Redis Stack RedisJSON, RediSearch, TimeSeries, custom modules
24 Troubleshooting & Observability INFO, latency doctor, common failure modes

Appendices

# Reference File
A Command Quick Reference Most-used commands by category
B Configuration Reference Key redis.conf directives

How to Read This Book

  • New to Redis? Read Part I and II in order, then jump to recipes in Part III as needed.
  • Operating Redis in production? Part IV is your home base; skim Part II for data-structure trade-offs.
  • Migrating from the 2013 cookbook? Start with Preface — there's a mapping from old recipes to new chapters.

Each recipe follows a consistent format:

  1. Problem — What you're trying to solve
  2. Solution — Step-by-step with redis-cli and client code
  3. Discussion — Trade-offs, pitfalls, alternatives
  4. See Also — Related chapters and Redis docs

License

This book is provided as Markdown in this repository for personal and team use. Redis is © Redis Ltd.; command names and behavior refer to open-source Redis and Redis Stack documentation.