Puppet module for installation Redis on Debian/Ubuntu Installs init.d script /etc/init.d/redis-server Config file goes to /etc/redis.conf Contains definition redis_source, which allows you to configure following parameters: $version - version of the redis you want to install $path - path where you want to install it $owner/$group - user/group under which redis process would be running. Database will be saved to /var/lib/redis INSTALLATION 1. cd /etc/puppet/modules/ && git clone git://github.com/zen4ever/puppet-redis.git redis 2. Make sure that you have "path" for "exec" in your defaults, something like Exec { path => "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" } in the /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp file. 3. Include redis class in your nodes where you want to have redis installed. Credits: init.d script was written by Ian Lewis (http://www.ianlewis.org/en/redis-initd-script)