diff --git a/attributes/redis.rb b/attributes/redis.rb
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+default['redis']['unix']['path'] = '/var/run/redis/redis.sock'
diff --git a/recipes/redis.rb b/recipes/redis.rb
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+apt_package 'redis-server'
+
+template '/etc/redis/local.conf' do
+	source 'redis/local.conf'
+end
+
+if node['redis']['unix']['perm']
+	bash 'append_to_config' do
+	  user 'root'
+	  code <<~EOF
+	      echo "include /etc/redis/local.conf" >> /etc/redis/redis.conf
+	  EOF
+	  not_if 'grep -q "/etc/redis/local.conf" /etc/redis/redis.conf'
+	end
+end
+
+systemd_unit 'redis-server.service' do
+	action :restart
+end
diff --git a/templates/redis/local.conf b/templates/redis/local.conf
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+# Specify the path for the Unix socket that will be used to listen for
+# incoming connections. There is no default, so Redis will not listen
+# on a unix socket when not specified.
+#
+
+unixsocket <%= node['redis']['unix']['path'] %> 
+unixsocketperm <%= node['redis']['unix']['perm'] %>