Redis

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry	GitHub Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone	UTC
User ID
Group ID
Redis Host Port
Redis /config Path

Redis key-value store on FreeBSD.

Port	6379
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/redis
Daemonless	daemonless/redis
Source	redis/redis
Website	redis.io

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  redis:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/redis:latest
    container_name: redis
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/redis:/config"
    ports:
      - 6379:6379
    restart: unless-stopped

Download compose.yaml

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=redis
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

options:
  - alias:
  - ip4_inherit:
services:
  redis:
    name: redis
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - REDIS_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  REDIS_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/redis'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/redis:${tag}

Download Redis Appjail (.zip)

podman run -d --name redis \
  -p 6379:6379 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/redis:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/redis:latest

Download run.sh

- name: Deploy redis
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: redis
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/redis:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/redis:/config"

Download redis-deploy.yaml

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Data and configuration directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
6379	TCP	Redis port

Implementation Details

• Architectures: amd64
• User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
• Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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