Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED

Question

I working with node.js by expressjs
I try to store an account to session. So, i try to test to use session with code in expressjs

var RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express);
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({ secret: "keyboard cat", store: new RedisStore }));

but I got error Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED.
Please help me resolve this problem

Solution 1

After you install redis, type from terminal:

redis-server

and you'll have redis running

Solution 2

I solve this problem in next way:

sudo apt-get install redis-server

then run command to confirm that everything ok:

sudo service redis-server status

And the output will be: redis-server is running - that means that the problem is solved.

Solution 3

Install redis on your system first -

brew install redis

then start the redis server -

redis-server

Solution 4

I'm on windows, and had to install Redis from here and then run redis-server.exe.

From the top of this SO question.

Solution 5

Simple solution:

only hit below commend once and restart your server again

redis-server

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Comments

[a sad dude]

Is Redis running? Can you connect to it by other means e.g. redis-cli?

[Huy Tran]

Thank u, because redis server not running. I install redis-server follow this tutorial

[Emad Aghaei]

You should instal Redis server on your machine and rune it. I donot know why the author doesn't mentioned this important thing in the manual!

[amar ghodke]

How do I add redis-server for my node Heroku app? I also have same error.

[Romans 8.38-39]

For me, I should specify the conf, so I type >> (sudo) redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf

[vineet]

that error fixed but now new error show i.e, "Error: ERR wrong number of arguments for 'set' command"

[Dropout]

Please explain your answer. It is currently viewed as a low quality post. Thanks!

[Balakumaran]

i got this error in ubuntu...solve with this commands..now it's working fine .....

[Codious-JR]

Thank you. Stupid how in the tutorial they never mentioned how to start the redis server!

[Morteza]

redis-server --daemonize yes to run in background

[just-be-weird]

Thanks! this resolved the issue, just a small note on Linux/WSL environments after installing re-run the command redis-server or prefix it by sudo if needed. If all goes well, you will see redis-server cli message. also can be verified by sudo service redis-server status as suggested by @author.

[lukas_o]

Be aware: This will take some time to run. If you have a dependency manager (brew or other) this will save you time.

[Edison Pebojot]

@morteza-ziyae How do I stop redis server in the background?

[kiranr]

thank you it fixed my issue, don't know why it is not taking port and host as input

[MartianMartian]

brew services start redis is better