RediSolar for Java

Introduction

This is the sample application codebase for RU102J, Redis for Java Developers at Redis University.

Solutions to the course programming challenges can be found on the solutions branch.

Prerequisites

In order to start and run this application, you will need:

• Java 8 JDK or higher
• Maven
• Access to a local or remote installation of Redis Stack (local preferred, Docker is a good option - see instructions below)
• Optional: Docker
• Optional but recommended: RedisInsight to visualize the data in Redis. This is a graphical alternative to the redis-cli command

Running Redis Stack with Docker

We've provided a Docker Compose file as part of this repo, so to start Redis Stack, use the following command:

docker-compose up -d

This will start a Redis Stack container with Redis exposed on localhost port 6379 with no password. You should see output similar to the following:

Creating network "ru102j_default" with the default driver
Creating redis_ru102j ... done

Connect to Redis using either RedisInsight, or the redis-cli command. When using redis-cli you can invoke it from the Docker container like this:

docker exec -it redis_ru102j redis-cli

When you see this prompt:

127.0.0.1:6379>

you are connected to Redis. Type quit to exit the Redis CLI.

When you are finished working with Redis, shut down the server like so:

docker-compose down

Redis saves your data in an append only file in the redisdata folder, and will re-load it next time you start the container.

How to Start the RediSolar Application

When using Redis on localhost, port 6379 with no password:

1. Run mvn package to build your application.
2. Load the sample data: java -jar target/redisolar-1.0.jar load. If you want to erase everything in Redis before loading the data, use java -jar target/redisolar-1.0.jar load --flush true, but be aware that this will delete ALL keys in your Redis database. Note that loading the data may take a few minutes.
3. Start the application with java -jar target/redisolar-1.0.jar server config.yml
4. To check that your application is running enter url http://localhost:8081, substituting localhost for the hostname that you're running the application on if necessary.

When using Redis on another host, port or with a password:

1. Edit config.yml, setting the values for your Redis host, port and password if needed.
2. Edit src/test/java/com/redislabs/university/RU102J/HostPort.java, setting the values for your Redis host, port, and password if needed.
3. Run mvn package to build your application.
4. Load the sample data with java -jar target/redisolar-1.0.jar load --host <hostname> --port <port> --password <password>.
5. Start application with java -jar target/redisolar-1.0.jar server config.yml.
6. To check that your application is running enter url http://localhost:8081, substituting localhost for the hostname that you're running the application on if necessary.

Tests

To run all tests:

mvn test

To run a specific test:

mvn test -Dtest=JedisBasicsTest

Building

To rebuild the application:

mvn package

To rebuild the application without running the tests:

mvn package -DskipTests 

Optional (but Recommended): RedisInsight

RedisInsight is a graphical tool for viewing data in Redis and managing Redis server instances. You don't need to install it to be successful with this course, but we recommend it as a good way of viewing data stored in Redis.

To use RedisInsight, you'll need to download it then point it at your Redis instance.

If you're using the Docker Compose file provided with this course to run Redis Stack, you can optionally choose to access a web-based version of Redis Stack at http://localhost:8001 whenever the container is running.

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