Summary

This chapter introduced Docker, a container technology for Linux, that can ease the difficulties of managing Redis-based applications by providing isolated, replicated, and fast application virtualization without the need to launch a new virtual machine. We went through the steps to download and launch a container instance of the official Redis Docker image and showed how to send in various command-line options for running Redis in a Redis container. We then looked at how Docker compose can be used to automate and simplify the deployment of multiple containers in a typical application. Finally, we examined three-cloud hosting options for running your Redis application and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each option. In Chapter 9, Task Management and Messaging Queuing we will turn back to more application design and development and look in much more depth on how to use Redis Pub/Sub functionality for messaging and other types of functionality between applications that...