{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/file-locations",
  "title": "File locations",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/7.22/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/file-locations/",
  "summary": "Redis Enterprise Software file installation locations.",
  "content": "\u003e [!WARNING]\n\u003e To ensure that Redis Enterprise Software functions properly, be careful with the files in the application directories. If you modify or delete the application files, Redis Enterprise Software might not work as expected.\n\n## Application directories\n\nThe directories that Redis Enterprise Software installs into are:\n\n| **Path** | **Description** |\n|------------|-----------------|\n| /opt/redislabs | Main installation directory for all Redis Enterprise Software binaries |\n| /opt/redislabs/bin | Binaries for all the utilities for command-line access and management, such as [`rladmin`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/cli-utilities/rladmin) or [`redis-cli`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/cli-utilities/redis-cli) |\n| /opt/redislabs/config | System configuration files |\n| /opt/redislabs/lib | System library files |\n| /opt/redislabs/sbin | System binaries for tweaking provisioning |\n\n## Configuration and data directories\n\nThe default directories that Redis Enterprise Software uses for data and metadata are:\n\n| **Path** | **Description** |\n|------------|-----------------|\n| /var/opt/redislabs | Default storage location for the cluster data, system logs, backups, and ephemeral, persisted data |\n| /var/opt/redislabs/log | System logs for Redis Enterprise Software |\n| /var/opt/redislabs/run | Socket files for Redis Enterprise Software |\n| /etc/opt/redislabs | Default location for cluster manager configuration and certificates |\n| /tmp | The /tmp filesystem is for temporary files and should be sized according to this formula: `\u003cnumber-of-cluster-nodes\u003e * \u003csize-of-/var/opt/redislabs/log-filesystem\u003e`  |\n\nYou can change these file locations for:\n\n- [Ephemeral and persistence storage](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/clusters/new-cluster-setup) during cluster setup\n- [Socket files](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/configuring/change-location-socket-files) after cluster setup\n\n\u003e [!NOTE]\n\u003e To specify custom paths for ephemeral and persistent storage during cluster setup, you must install Redis Enterprise Software using [custom installation directories](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/customize-install-directories). If you use the default installation, you cannot specify custom storage paths and will receive a \"path not mounted\" error.\n",
  "tags": ["docs","operate","rs"],
  "last_updated": "2026-10-22T06:20:54-07:00"
}