Redis keeps failing on Windows 10 with Node.JS : Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379

Question

Consider the code :

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const redis = require("redis");
const util = require("util");

const redisUrl = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379";
const client = redis.createClient(redisUrl);
client.hget = util.promisify(client.hget);
const exec = mongoose.Query.prototype.exec;

mongoose.Query.prototype.cache = function(options = {}) {
  this.useCache = true;
  this.hashKey = JSON.stringify(options.key || "");
  return this; // now it's chainable
};

   ... // More code ...

It produces :

events.js:173 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event [0] ^ [0] [0] Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379 [0] at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1054:14) [0] Emitted 'error' event at: [0] at RedisClient.on_error (C:\Development-X220\NODEJS\Redis\node_modules\redis\index.js:341:14) [0] at Socket. (C:\Development-X220\NODEJS\Redis\node_modules\redis\index.js:222:14) [0] at Socket.emit (events.js:196:13) [0] at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:91:8) [0] at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:59:3) [0] at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:9) [0] [nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

And also :

Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379

Any idea how to fix it ?

I've tried to run redis-server from CMD of Windows-10 and got :

'redis-server' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Also followed on the suggestions people offered here but nothing worked.

Any suggestions ?

JAN JAN · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-08T07:13:59

OK , I've fixed it by going to this link :

https://github.com/rgl/redis/downloads

I'm posting the stages for anyone who might encounter the same problem :

Picking the top EXE file and installing it.

After that in Windows 10 , hit : FN + R

Type : services.msc

Look for the "Redis Server" in the list , right click and choose "Start".

That's it , you're up and running.

Redis keeps failing on Windows 10 with Node.JS : Error: Redis connection to 127.0.0.1:6379 failed - connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379

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