rake gitlab:app:setup fails when redis is not running. Error thrown is

"Error connecting to Redis on 127.0.0.1:6379 (ECONNREFUSED)" . This adds
a simple "service redis start" to the recipe.

Author: jesseward

install/CentOS_6.md

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Just make sure it is started at the next reboot
 *logged in as root*
 
     chkconfig redis on
+    service redis start
 
 ## Configure mysql
 Make sure it is started at the next reboot and start it immediately so we can configure it.