{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/config-get",
  "title": "CONFIG GET",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/config-get/",
  "summary": "Returns the effective values of configuration parameters.",
  "since": "2.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-09-18T09:48:09+01:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "6cb7be6abbd59714674d8826fba15be333a31400f87fa48ab2419714ad63a582",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "The `CONFIG GET` command is used to read the configuration parameters of a\nrunning Redis server.\nNot all the configuration parameters are supported in Redis 2.4, while Redis 2.6\ncan read the whole configuration of a server using this command.\n\nThe symmetric command used to alter the configuration at run time is `CONFIG\nSET`.\n\n`CONFIG GET` takes multiple arguments, which are glob-style patterns.\nAny configuration parameter matching any of the patterns are reported as a list\nof key-value pairs.\n\nYou can obtain a list of all the supported configuration parameters by typing\n`CONFIG GET *` in an open `redis-cli` prompt.\n\nAll the supported parameters have the same meaning of the equivalent\nconfiguration parameter used in the [redis.conf](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/management/config) file. The provided link has links to the `redis.conf` files for Redis version 6.2 and greater. See the [Redis souce code repo](https://github.com/redis/redis) for earlier versions."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>parameter [parameter ...]</code></summary>\n\nOne or more configuration parameter names or glob-style patterns to retrieve.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "[code example]"
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Supported\">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Supported\"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | [Only supports a subset of configuration settings.](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/compatibility/config-settings) |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of configuration parameters matching the provided arguments.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Map reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#maps): a list of configuration parameters matching the provided arguments."
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "examples-ex0",
      "language": "plaintext",
      "code": "redis> config get *max-*-entries* maxmemory\n 1) \"maxmemory\"\n 2) \"0\"\n 3) \"hash-max-listpack-entries\"\n 4) \"512\"\n 5) \"hash-max-ziplist-entries\"\n 6) \"512\"\n 7) \"set-max-intset-entries\"\n 8) \"512\"\n 9) \"zset-max-listpack-entries\"\n10) \"128\"\n11) \"zset-max-ziplist-entries\"\n12) \"128\"",
      "section_id": "examples"
    }
  ]
}