Port and bind address in Redis - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set Redis to listen on port 6379.

Redis

port [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A5432

B8080

C6379

D3306

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using MySQL or PostgreSQL default ports instead of Redis port.

Leaving the port number blank.

The default Redis port is 6379. Setting port 6379 tells Redis to listen on this port.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to bind Redis to localhost only.

Redis

bind [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A192.168.1.1

B127.0.0.1

C0.0.0.0

D::1

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 0.0.0.0 which allows external connections.

Using an external IP address instead of localhost.

Binding Redis to 127.0.0.1 restricts connections to the local machine only.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the bind configuration to allow only local connections.

Redis

bind [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A127.0.0.1

Blocalhost

C0.0.0.0

D192.168.0.1

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'localhost' instead of 127.0.0.1.

Binding to 0.0.0.0 which allows all connections.

The correct IP to bind Redis locally is 127.0.0.1. Using 'localhost' as a string is invalid in Redis config.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to configure Redis to listen on port 6380 and bind to all interfaces.

Redis

port [1]
bind [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A6380

B6379

C0.0.0.0

D127.0.0.1

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing port numbers and bind addresses.

Using 127.0.0.1 when external access is needed.

Setting port 6380 changes the listening port. Binding to 0.0.0.0 allows Redis to accept connections from any network interface.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to configure Redis to bind only to localhost, listen on port 6379, and disable the default port.

Redis

bind [1]
port [2]
port [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A127.0.0.1

B6379

C0

D0.0.0.0

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 for binding.

Not disabling the default port correctly.

Binding to 127.0.0.1 restricts Redis to local connections. Setting port 0 disables listening on the port.