# configuring redis database backend
0) Install redis
Redis 3.x or higher is required, [stable release](http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-stable.tar.gz) recommend
* see http://redis.io/download
1) Configuration
In srnd.ini the database sections should look like this:
[database]
type=redis
schema=single
host=localhost
port=6379
user=
password=
2) Run the daemon
* see the [next step](running.md)
