Redis doesn’t officially support native Windows installations anymore. Instead of setting up WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), Docker is the easier and more modern way to run Redis on a Windows machine.
Installing Docker Desktop gives you a full environment where you can run Redis (and many other tools) without friction.
🔹 Step 1: Install Docker Desktop
Download and install Docker Desktop from:
https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/
Once installed:
Make sure Docker is running (look for the whale icon in your system tray).
Enable WSL2 integration if prompted during installation.
🔹 Step 2: Pull and Run Redis
Open PowerShell or Command Prompt and run:
docker run --name my-redis -p 6379:6379 -d redis
docker ps
🔹 Step 3: Connect to Redis
docker exec -it my-redis redis-cli
set name "DockerRedis"
get name
ping
Install RedisInsight and connect to:
https://redis.io/insight/
Host: localhost
Port: 6379
To find out whether your Windows PC uses an ARM64 or AMD64 (also called x64) architecture, follow these
from Command Prompt you can run:
C:\Users\pepsara>echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%
AMD64
C:\Users\pepsara>docker version
Client:
Version: 28.0.4
API version: 1.48
Go version: go1.23.7
Git commit: b8034c0
Built: Tue Mar 25 15:07:48 2025
OS/Arch: windows/amd64
Context: desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.40.0 (187762)
Engine:
Version: 28.0.4
API version: 1.48 (minimum version 1.24)
Go version: go1.23.7
Git commit: 6430e49
Built: Tue Mar 25 15:07:22 2025
OS/Arch: linux/amd64
Experimental: false
containerd:
Version: 1.7.26
GitCommit: 753481ec61c7c8955a23d6ff7bc8e4daed455734
runc:
Version: 1.2.5
GitCommit: v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
docker-init:
Version: 0.19.0
GitCommit: de40ad0
C:\Users\pepsara>docker info
✅ Step-by-Step: Use Redis with Python in VS Code
🔧 1. Install Redis client for Python
In your terminal (inside VS Code), run:
pip install redis
🧪 2. Test Redis Connection in Python
Create a new Python file, e.g., redis_test.py, and add the following code:
import redis
Connect to Redis
r = redis.Redis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
Set a key
r.set('mykey', 'Hello Redis!')
Get the key
value = r.get('mykey')
print(value.decode('utf-8')) # Output: Hello Redis!
Then run it: python redis_test.py
You should see: Hello Redis!