Fix Redis Cluster Startup Error: Node Not Empty
[ERR] Node 192.168.0.201:7001 is not empty. Either the node already knows other nodes (check with CLUSTER NODES) or contains some key in database 0.

Using my version 3.2.6 as an example, here’s how to fix it: Shut down the cluster (usually already down), and delete the following files before restarting each machine.

rm -rf dump.rdb # Adjust the path to your actual path
rm -rf nodes-70* # Adjust the path to your actual path
Restart each instance:
redis-server cluster/7001/redis.conf # Adjust the path to your own
redis-server cluster/7002/redis.conf # Adjust the path to your own
redis-server cluster/700n…
Create the cluster (adjust the IPs and ports to your own):
redis-trib.rb create –replicas 1 192.168.0.201:7001 192.168.0.201:7002 192.168.0.201:7003 192.168.0.202:7004 192.168.0.202:7005 192.168.0.202:7006
If you see the following output, the operation was successful:
