======How to use Redis in a UNIX Socket====== Please use root privilege to execute the following instructions. If Redis fails to start, please verify SELinux is disabled , and all mentioned directories and files have correct permissions to the designated user. =====for Centos 7.X===== - Stop Redis. systemctl stop redis - Copy the service file. cp /usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service /etc/systemd/system/redis.service - Edit ''/etc/systemd/system/redis.service''. User=username Group=username Change ''username'' to same user that runs PHP. - Edit ''/etc/redis.conf'' and change the following: unixsocket /path/to/redis.sock unixsocketperm 770 logfile /path/to/redis.log dir /path/to/redis Change **port** to ''0'' if TCP socket is no longer needed. - Change owner of redis.conf to same username in step 3. chown username:group /etc/redis.conf If ''/path/to/redis'' directory does not exist, please manually create it, and make sure above mentioned ''socket path'', ''log path''and ''dir path'' and are writable by the designated user. - Start Redis. systemctl start redis - Verify it started successfully. systemctl status redis - Check whether everything is working well. nc -U /path/to/redis.sock info