Redis Admin and redis-cli Cheat Sheet

redis-cli GET app:name

# Execute one command non-interactively.

redis-cli --raw LRANGE jobs 0 -1

# Return plain output suitable for shell pipelines.

redis-cli --csv HGETALL user:1

# Render replies as CSV.

redis-cli --latency-doctor

# Inspect latency spikes and advice from the server.

redis-cli --latency-history -i 1

# Sample latency continuously at an interval.

redis-cli --bigkeys

# Scan for the largest keys by data type.

redis-cli --memkeys

# Scan for keys consuming large amounts of memory.

redis-cli --stat

# Continuously display ops, mem, clients, and other stats.

redis-cli --scan --pattern 'user:*'

# Stream matching keys to stdout.

redis-cli --rdb dump.rdb

# Request an RDB file from a live server and save it locally.

MONITOR

# Stream every command processed by the server.

SLOWLOG GET 20

# Show recent slow commands.

SLOWLOG LEN

# Return how many entries are in the slow log.

LATENCY LATEST

# Show recent named latency spikes.

LATENCY DOCTOR

# Get a narrative diagnosis of latency events.

CONFIG GET maxmemory

# Read current server configuration values.

CONFIG SET maxmemory 1gb

# Change a config value at runtime.

CONFIG REWRITE

# Persist runtime config changes back to redis.conf where possible.

CLIENT KILL 127.0.0.1:55000

# Disconnect a matching client connection.

CLIENT PAUSE 5000 WRITE

# Temporarily pause clients for controlled maintenance.

CLIENT UNPAUSE

# Resume client processing after a pause.

ACL LIST

# Inspect effective ACL rules.

ACL SETUSER app-user on >strongpass ~app:* +GET +SET +DEL

# Create or modify a scoped user.

ACL GETUSER app-user

# Read ACL rules for a single user.

ACL DELUSER old-user

# Delete one or more ACL users.

ACL CAT

# List ACL categories or commands inside one category.

FLUSHDB ASYNC

# Clear the selected database asynchronously.

FLUSHALL ASYNC

# Clear every logical database asynchronously.

SAVE

# Block the server while creating an RDB snapshot.

BGSAVE

# Create an RDB snapshot in the background.

SHUTDOWN SAVE

# Stop Redis and optionally save current state.