Example files for running Redis on CentOS 7 (after manual install)

redis-server

/var/lib/redis/logs/redis.log {
    daily
    rotate 14
    copytruncate
    delaycompress
    compress
    notifempty
    missingok
}

redis-server.service

[Unit]
Description=Redis Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
PIDFile=/var/run/redis.pid
User=redis
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/redis/logs
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/redis-server /etc/redis.conf
ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

redis-server.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<service>
    <short>Redis Server</short>
    <description>Redis Datastore Server</description>
    <port protocol="tcp" port="6379"/>
</service>