There are no instructions in README in the source package that it is neccessary to pass an option to make to compile with systemd:

https://github.com/redis/redis/commit/129d14e1431e913426485526663e1a9aac67838c https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/7217

The result is that you have the completely correct configuration but sysctl hangs

https://serverfault.com/questions/1031891/redis-service-hangs-with-systemctl-and-type-notify

Comment From: oranagra

@literakl care to make a PR for that?

Comment From: oranagra

@literakl thank you.