{
  "id": "plan-deployment",
  "title": "Plan Redis Software deployment",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/",
  "summary": "Plan a deployment of Redis Software.",
  "content": "\nBefore installing Redis Software, you need to:\n\n- Set up your hardware. See [Hardware requirements](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/hardware-requirements.md) and [Persistent and ephemeral node storage \n](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/persistent-ephemeral-storage) for more information.\n\n- Choose your [deployment platform](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/supported-platforms.md).\n\n    Redis Software supports a variety of platforms, including:\n\n    - Multiple Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), IBM CentOS, Oracle Linux)\n    - [Amazon AWS AMI](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/configuring-aws-instances)\n    - [Docker container](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/docker-quickstart) (for development and testing only)\n    - [Kubernetes](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/kubernetes)\n\n    For more details, see [Supported platforms](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/supported-platforms.md).\n\n- Open appropriate [network ports](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/networking/port-configurations.md) in the firewall to allow connections to the nodes.\n\n- Configure [cluster DNS](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/networking/cluster-dns.md) so that cluster nodes can reach each other by DNS names.\n- By default, the installation process requires an internet connection to install dependencies and synchronize the operating system clock. To learn more, see [Offline installation](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/offline-installation).\n\n- [Configure different mount points for data and log directories](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/customize-install-directories#config-diff-data-log-dirs).\n\n## Next steps\n\nAfter you finish planning your deployment, you can:\n\n- [Download an installation package](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/prepare-install/download-install-package).\n\n- [Prepare to install](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/prepare-install) Redis Software.\n\n- [View installation questions](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/manage-installation-questions) and prepare answers before installation.\n",
  "tags": ["docs","operate","rs"],
  "last_updated": "2026-07-23T12:00:25-05:00",
  "children": [{"id":"hardware-requirements","summary":"Redis Software hardware requirements for development and production environments.","title":"Hardware requirements","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/hardware-requirements/"},{"id":"supported-platforms","summary":"","title":"Supported platforms","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/supported-platforms/"},{"id":"persistent-ephemeral-storage","summary":"Configure paths for persistent storage and ephemeral storage.","title":"Persistent and ephemeral node storage","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/persistent-ephemeral-storage/"},{"id":"file-locations","summary":"Redis Software file installation locations.","title":"File locations","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/file-locations/"},{"id":"configuring-aws-instances","summary":"Considerations for installing and running Redis Software on Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instances.","title":"Configure AWS EC2 instances for Redis Software","url":"https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/8.0/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/configuring-aws-instances/"}]
}