UPDATE: Redis 2.4 is now supported as a dotCloud service, but this article applies to any custom version of Redis on dotCloud

I’ve been using dotCloud for about 6 months now and I think it’s a terrific service. Unfortunately, their services usually lag a version or 2 behind (no judgement, I’m sure it takes incredible manpower to keep so many services functioning, much less up-to-date). Someone over there did have the foresight to allow custom build scripts for almost any service you can think of though. It’s one of these custom scripts we’ll be creating today. Read more