setting up redis-server on casualcoder was straightforward.
you need:
redis-server and redis-cli.
you can test the server by using:
/redis-server --port 6380 --slaveof 127.0.0.1 6379
run the service and go:
the docs on the redis site recommend to update the config:
/etc/redis/redis.conf
appendonly yes
appendfsync everysec
Once redis is running the way you like, start er up. you can
sudo service redis-server restart
or add to startup by
systemctl enable redis-server