CredisException Error: Apache Bigcommerce Hello World

Question

I am trying to run the BigCommerce Hello World app on Apache. It installs ok, but when I launch it, I get an error.

CredisException in Client.php line 447: Connection to Redis failed after 1 failures.Last Error : (10061) No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

I tried disabling the Windows Firewall and that did not help.

I looked at Client.php line 447, but it is only the code to display the error message.

I have searched for a solution for 10+ hours and I cannot solve this issue.

Answer 1

This is an error due to Redis, a key-value database store that this app uses in its example. Specifically because your program is unable to connect to it (most likely on port 6379, its default port).

I believe you would actually need to install and run Redis first on your machine for this app to work, before you can connect to it via Credis, a php Redis client (i.e. a PHP based program that allows you to connect to your Redis database).

Similarly, you wouldn't be able to use a MySQL client if MySQL was not installed on your machine.

Here are instructions on installing and running Redis on a Windows machine:

How do I run Redis on Windows?

Be sure to use the default port of 6379.