Failed to start Redis In-Memory Data Store. Ubuntu 18.04 - amazon-web-services

Question

I am trying to install redis on my AWS server. I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on it. I am following steps to install redis from digitalocean article.
When i run sudo systemctl status redis command i am getting below error.
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I tried to edit /etc/systemd/system/redis.service file and added Type=forking under [Service] section but still getting the same error.
Can anyone suggest me how i can get it fixed?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Based on same digitalocean tutorial, actually it's running fine.
Run this command sudo systemctl restart redis.service, we get (showing "failed" on last line):
● redis.service - Redis In-Memory Data Store
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/redis.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2021-06-28 12:03:11 +03; 1min 0s ago
Process: 20428 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf (code=exited, status=
Main PID: 20428 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: redis.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restar
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: redis.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: Stopped Redis In-Memory Data Store.
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: redis.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: redis.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 28 12:03:11 XYZ systemd[1]: Failed to start Redis In-Memory Data Store.
But if you run sudo service redis-server status, we get (showing "running" on 3rd line):
● redis-server.service - Advanced key-value store
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-06-28 11:50:13 +03; 19min ago
Docs: http://redis.io/documentation,
man:redis-server(1)
Process: 19278 ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 19371 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCC
Main PID: 19382 (redis-server)
Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/redis-server.service
└─19382 /usr/bin/redis-server 127.0.0.1:6379
Jun 28 11:50:13 XYZ systemd[1]: Starting Advanced key-value store...
Jun 28 11:50:13 XYZ systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Can't open PID file /var/run/redis/red
Jun 28 11:50:13 XYZ systemd[1]: Started Advanced key-value store.
After searching for hours, it seems like it's some difference between systemctl & service and nothing more, but the actual redis server is running fine. Corrects me if that's not the case. Here's the link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/903354/difference-between-systemctl-and-service-commands
You can even check if redis is working fine, by redis-cli ping, should print PONG

Answer 2

I also encountered this problem, then I tried to check it again.
Finally, I found that when I authorized /var/lib/redis, I entered the wrong command, causing the redis account to have no access to /var/lib/redis.
sudo chown redis:redis /var/lib/redis
sudo systemctl restart redis
succeeded.