Could not connect to Redis at 127.0.0.1:6379: Connection refused with homebrew

Question

Using homebrew to install Redis but when I try to ping Redis it shows this error:

Could not connect to Redis at 127.0.0.1:6379: Connection refused
         


        

Answer 1

I just had this same problem because I had used improper syntax in my config file. I meant to add:

maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru

to my config file, but instead only added:

allkeys-lru

which evidently prevented Redis from parsing the config file, which in turn prevented me from connecting through the cli. Fixing this syntax allowed me to connect to Redis.