Redis PHP extension for Plesk PHP 7

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To install the PHP Redis extension under Plesk Obsidian for PHP 7.4, first log in to the Plesk server via SSH. Then execute the following commands:

apt update
apt install plesk-php74-dev zlib1g-dev gcc make


Redis must then be installed for the PHP version:

/opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/pecl install redis


After successful installation, the extension must still be added to the respective PHP configurations so that the extension is available:

echo "extension=redis.so" > /opt/plesk/php/7.4/etc/php.d/redis.ini


To enable the new configuration via the Plesk web interface, the PHP handlers must be reloaded:

plesk bin php_handler --reread


The PHP handlers must then be restarted in order to use the new Redis module:


Warning: Restarting the PHP modules will terminate and restart all running PHP processes. If the installation is carried out on a production system, we recommend making this change at night.


systemctl restart plesk-php74-fpm