# Deploying Redis on Akash Network: Save Over 90% on Cloud Costs

**If you are running a Redis server on traditional cloud providers like Azure, AWS, or GCP, you might be overpaying for resources.**

In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to deploy a Redis server on the **Akash Network** — a decentralized cloud computing marketplace. By the end of this tutorial, you will see how we achieved a running cost of just **$1.98/month**, compared to $20-$40/month on major platforms.

**Let’s get started.**

## **Why Akash?**

Before we deploy, let’s look at the numbers.

*   **Traditional Cloud (e.g., Azure):** A standard instance with ~1GB RAM often costs between **$16 and $40 per month**.
    
*   **Akash Network:** For superior specs (1 CPU, 1GI RAM), we secured a deal for **$1.98 per month**.
    

That is a massive difference for the exact same utility.

## **Step 1: Access the Console**

First, navigate to the Akash Console → [**https://console.akash.network**](https://console.akash.network/)

*   Click **Sign In**
    

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**Get $100 free credits (for first-time users)**

1.  Click **Sign Up** using Gmail or email.
    
2.  Verify your email and add your credit card to activate the credits.
    
3.  Log in to your account.
    
4.  Click **Deploy**.
    
5.  Select **Run Custom Container**.
    

## **Step 2: Configure the Deployment (SDL)**

Now need to define our Docker image and resource requirements. You can use the SDL Builder or edit the Yaml (SDL) directly.

**The Configuration:**

*   **Image:** `redis:8.4` (Or your preferred version)
    
*   **Port:** `6379`
    
*   **CPU:** `1.0`
    
*   **Memory:** `1Gi`
    
*   **Port** 6379
    
*   **Ephimeral Storage(temporary) :** `1Gi`
    
*   We also need to set a password for security so unauthorized users cannot access our cache. We do this by passing a command
    

```yaml
- sh
- "-c"
- redis-server --appendonly yes --requirepass Test@123
```

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```yaml
---
version: "2.0"
services:
  redis:
    image: redis:8.4
    expose:
      - port: 6379
        as: 6379
        to:
          - global: true
    command:
      - sh
      - "-c"
      - redis-server --appendonly yes --requirepass Test@123
profiles:
  compute:
    redis:
      resources:
        cpu:
          units: 1
        memory:
          size: 1Gi
        storage:
          - size: 1Gi
  placement:
    dcloud:
      pricing:
        redis:
          denom: ibc/170C677610AC31DF0904FFE09CD3B5C657492170E7E52372E48756B71E56F2F1
          amount: 100000
      signedBy:
        anyOf:
          - akash1365yvmc4s7awdyj3n2sav7xfx76adc6dnmlx63
        allOf: []
deployment:
  redis:
    dcloud:
      profile: redis
      count: 1
```

Here is the clean **YAML (SDL)** file . You can copy-paste this into the Yaml editor

\*(\****Note:*** *Change* `test@123` *to a secure, strong password before deploying!)*

## **Step 3: Deployment & Bidding**

1.  **Deposit Funds:** To create a deployment, you need to have at least **$5** in an escrow account.
    
2.  Click **Create Deployment.**
    
3.  **Choose a Provider:** Akash is a cloud marketplace. Once you request resources, providers will bid on your workload.
    

*   Wait a moment for bids to come in.
    
*   In our example, we found a provider offering 100\*\*% uptime\*\* and a monthly cost of roughly **$1.98**
    

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4\*\*. Accept Bid:\*\* Select the provider and approve the transaction.

## **Step 4: Verification**

Once the container status shows **Active**, verify that Redis is running correctly.

### **. Check Logs**

Go to the **Logs** tab in the dashboard.  
You should see Redis starting up and ready to accept connections.

### **. Install Redis CLI (if not installed)**

On Ubuntu:

```plaintext
sudo apt install redis-tools
```

On macOS:

```plaintext
brew install redis
```

Get your **Host** and **Port** from the **Leases** section.

*   Provider → **Host**
    
*   External Port → **Port**
    

Once the container status shows **Active**, verify that Redis is running correctly.

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From your local machine terminal, test the Redis instance using `redis-cli`

```plaintext
redis-cli -h provider.ahn2-na.akash.pub -p 32030 -a Test@123
```

If successful, you should be connected.

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**We successfully deployed a robust Redis instance with 1CPUs and 1Gi RAM**

**Pricing compare (1 Gi redis cache per month)**

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**The setup took under five minutes, required no complicated contracts, and cut our infrastructure costs by more than 90%. If you’re trying to reduce your DevOps spend, migrating stateless workloads like Redis to Akash is an easy win.**