Redis Client Kill Command
The Redis Client Kill command is used to close a client connection.
Syntax
The basic syntax for the redis Client Kill command is as follows:
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> CLIENT KILL ip:port
Available Versions
= 2.4.0
Return Value
Returns OK upon successful closure.
Example
# List all connected clients
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> CLIENT LIST
addr=127.0.0.1:43501 fd=5 age=10 idle=0 flags=N db=0 sub=0 psub=0 multi=-1 qbuf=0 qbuf-free=32768 obl=0 oll=0 omem=0 events=r cmd=client
# Kill the current client connection
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> CLIENT KILL 127.0.0.1:43501
OK
# The previous connection has been closed, and the CLI client has reestablished a connection
# The previous port was 43501, now it is 43504
redis 127.0.0.1:6379> CLIENT LIST
addr=127.0.0.1:43504 fd=5 age=0 idle=0 flags=N db=0 sub=0 psub=0 multi=-1 qbuf=0 qbuf-free=32768 obl=0 oll=0 omem=0 events=r cmd=client