title: Can't start redis-server
body: <p>I can't get redis server to start on Ubuntu 16.04. I installed via this <a href="https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/ubuntu/redis-server" rel="nofollow noreferrer">repo</a></p>
  
  <p>I double checked the systemd redis.service file and it looks fine. it points to the binaries.</p>
  
  <p>Systemctl Status</p>
  
  <pre><code>redis-server.service - Advanced key-value store
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/redis-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) (Result: resources) since Fri 2018-05-25 22:08:43 EDT; 1min 3s ago
       Docs: http://redis.io/documentation,
             man:redis-server(1)
    Process: 29520 ExecStopPost=/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.post-down.d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29515 ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29509 ExecStop=/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-down.d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29505 ExecStartPost=/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.post-up.d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29500 ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 29496 ExecStartPre=/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-up.d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 18177 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
  May 25 22:08:43 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Journalctl:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    Subject: Unit redis-server.service has failed
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has failed.
  --
  -- The result is failed.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store.
  -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Starting Advanced key-value store...
  -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has begun start-up
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has begun starting up.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv run-parts[27649]: run-parts: executing /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-up.d/00_example
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv run-parts[27659]: run-parts: executing /etc/redis/redis-server.post-up.d/00_example
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: PID file /var/run/redis/redis-server.pid not readable (yet?) after start-post: No such file or directory
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv run-parts[27663]: run-parts: executing /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-down.d/00_example
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv run-parts[27674]: run-parts: executing /etc/redis/redis-server.post-down.d/00_example
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store.
  -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has failed
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has failed.
  --
  -- The result is failed.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
  May 25 21:57:56 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Failed with result 'resources'.
  May 25 21:57:57 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
  May 25 21:57:57 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Stopped Advanced key-value store.
  -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has finished shutting down.
  May 25 21:57:57 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: redis-server.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
  May 25 21:57:57 mysqlwebserv systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced key-value store.
  -- Subject: Unit redis-server.service has failed
  -- Defined-By: systemd
  -- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
  --
  -- Unit redis-server.service has failed.
  --
  -- The result is failed.
  May 25 21:58:01 mysqlwebserv CRON[27696]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user tyler by (uid=0)
  May 25 21:58:01 mysqlwebserv CRON[27697]: (tyler) CMD (wget -q --no-check-certificate -O - http://23.226.233.137/gamepanel/startupdates.php &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1)
  May 25 21:58:18 mysqlwebserv sudo[27730]: wh1t3rose : TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/usr/local ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl -xe
  May 25 21:58:18 mysqlwebserv sudo[27730]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by wh1t3rose(uid=0)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>redis.service file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Unit]
  Description=Advanced key-value store
  After=network.target
  Documentation=http://redis.io/documentation, man:redis-server(1)
  
  [Service]
  Type=forking
  ExecStart=/usr/bin/redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf
  PIDFile=/var/run/redis/redis-server.pid
  TimeoutStopSec=0
  Restart=always
  User=redis
  Group=redis
  RuntimeDirectory=redis
  RuntimeDirectoryMode=2755
  
  ExecStartPre=-/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-up.d
  ExecStartPost=-/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.post-up.d
  ExecStop=-/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.pre-down.d
  ExecStop=/bin/kill -s TERM $MAINPID
  ExecStopPost=-/bin/run-parts --verbose /etc/redis/redis-server.post-down.d
  
  UMask=007
  PrivateTmp=yes
  LimitNOFILE=65535
  PrivateDevices=yes
  ProtectHome=yes
  ReadOnlyDirectories=/
  ReadWriteDirectories=-/var/lib/redis
  ReadWriteDirectories=-/var/log/redis
  ReadWriteDirectories=-/var/run/redis
  CapabilityBoundingSet=~CAP_SYS_PTRACE
  
  # redis-server can write to its own config file when in cluster mode so we
  # permit writing there by default. If you are not using this feature, it is
  # recommended that you replace the following lines with "ProtectSystem=full".
  ProtectSystem=true
  ReadWriteDirectories=-/etc/redis
  
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target
  Alias=redis.service
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am adding more useless junk to this post to pass the retarded "add more details message requirement.</p>