---
title: "Deploy Redis (maintained)"
description: "Redis key-value data store (maintained template)"
category: "Storage"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/redis-maintained
---

# Deploy Redis (maintained)

Redis key-value data store (maintained template)

**[Deploy Redis (maintained) on Railway](https://railway.com/template/redis-maintained)**

- **Creator:** Team Lasse
- **Category:** Storage
- **Total deploys:** 6

## Template content

### Redis https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/0ce0bfdcfbdbf69662b1116671f97c2dd788b655-157x157.svg

- **Image:** redis:8.6.3

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Redis (Maintained) on Railway

Redis (Maintained) is a community-maintained Redis deployment template for Railway. Redis is a fast in-memory key-value database commonly used for caching, queues, and real-time data. This template exists because the official Redis template on Railway is outdated and currently several versions behind the latest Redis releases.

## Why Deploy

Beacuse redis is  cool tech

## About Hosting Redis (Maintained)

Hosting Redis (Maintained) on Railway provides a simple way to deploy a modern Redis server without managing infrastructure yourself. This template runs a recent Redis version and aims to stay closer to upstream releases compared to the official Redis template, which is currently around seven versions behind.

When deployed, Railway provisions a container running Redis and exposes connection details through environment variables. Applications can immediately connect using the provided Redis URL.

Railway handles infrastructure tasks like restarts, scaling, and networking. This maintained template ensures developers can run a newer Redis version with current security fixes, performance improvements, and features.

## Common Use Cases

- Caching database queries to improve application performance
- Storing user sessions for web applications
- Powering queues and background job processing

## Dependencies for Redis (Maintained) Hosting

- A Railway account
- An application or service that connects to Redis

### Deployment Dependencies

Redis Official Website  
https://redis.io

Redis Documentation  
https://redis.io/docs

Railway Platform  
https://railway.com

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