How do I set up Grafana/Prometheus to monitor Redis Software?

Question

How do I set up Grafana/Prometheus to monitor Redis Software?

Answer

Redis official metrics/alerts need to be configured in the AdminUI. However, Redis provides documentation on configuring Prometheus/Grafana for Redis Software using the following document, where you will find some additional metrics to the UI. https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/prometheus-with-redis-enterprise/

Procedure

• Download Prometheus and install it
• Follow quick start step 1, using the yml file from the documentation
• Start Prometheus server ./prometheus --config.file=prometheus.yml
• Install Grafana https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/installation/rpm/ 
• log in to Grafana : http://localhost:3000Using:
  • username: admin
  • password: admin
• Create a Redis data source in Grafana. Follow the section to configure the Grafana data source from the documentation.