Redis error on start: invalid bind address

Question

I am seeing in the following in my redis log:

[1398] 17 Jun 22:55:53.467 # Opening port 6379: invalid bind address

When trying to start redis with service redis start. However, I confirmed that is nothing bound to port 6379 by running:

lsof -i :6379

I even rebooted the server just to make sure, but still getting invalid bind address. Running:

CentOS release 6.4
Redis 2.6.13

Any idea what could be going on?

On what address is redis trying to bind? Check your redis.conf — gevial, Jun 18 '13 at 06:14
That was it, was set to `localhost`, when I changed to `127.0.0.1` started working. — Justin, Jun 18 '13 at 06:26
Check if the following entry exists in your `/etc/hosts` 127.0.0.1 localhost if you want to test with your original configuration — Triantafyllos, Jun 18 '17 at 11:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 18 '13 at 06:26

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Changed address binding from localhost to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/redis.conf and it started working.

answered Jun 18 '13 at 06:26

Justin

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