How do I load the dump.rdb file into redis?

Question

I have a dump.rdb file, which is in the same directory as redis.config.

When I start my sever:

redis-server ./redis.config

It does not load the data in that 1 GB file.

How do I load that data?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '12 at 10:44

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Edit your config file to set the dir option to the current working directory:

# The filename where to dump the DB
dbfilename dump.rdb

# The working directory.
#
# The DB will be written inside this directory, with the filename specified
# above using the 'dbfilename' configuration directive.
# 
# Also the Append Only File will be created inside this directory.
# 
# Note that you must specify a directory here, not a file name.
dir /current/working/directory

answered Aug 06 '12 at 10:44

quanta

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It's important to also turn off Append Only mode: `appendonly no` - otherwise nothing happens. (as per other answers here) – TheStoryCoder Sep 17 '20 at 18:16
See also duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14497234/how-to-recover-redis-data-from-snapshotrdb-file-copied-from-another-machine – TheStoryCoder Sep 17 '20 at 18:24

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 19 '15 at 08:16

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Do as follow:

modify the redis.conf, disable the appendonly.aof

    appendonly no

Restart the redis-server
Run redis-cli BGREWRITEAOF, to create a new appendonly file.
Modify redis config appendonly to yes and restart your redis-server

Please see this

edited May 19 '15 at 08:16

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answered May 19 '15 at 07:19

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '15 at 11:15

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We found we had to switch aof off beforehand otherwise redis creates a blank aof at boot and uses that instead of the rdb file. Once redis creates a populated aof then you can switch aof back on.

answered May 03 '15 at 11:15

andrew pate

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How do I load the dump.rdb file into redis?

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