diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf index d0684e86..127912c3 100644 --- a/redis.conf +++ b/redis.conf @@ -113,8 +113,15 @@ daemonize no # They do not enable continuous liveness pings back to your supervisor. supervised no -# When running daemonized, Redis writes a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid by -# default. You can specify a custom pid file location here. +# If a pid file is specified, Redis writes it where specified at startup +# and removes it at exit. +# +# When the server runs non daemonized, no pid file is created if none is +# specified in the configuration. When the server is daemonized, the pid file +# is used even if not specified, defaulting to "/var/run/redis.pid". +# +# Creating a pid file is best effort: if Redis is not able to create it +# nothing bad happens, the server will start and run normally. pidfile /var/run/redis.pid # Specify the server verbosity level.