Merge branch 'add-basic-redis-troubleshooting-doc' into 'master'

Docs: Add basic Redis troubleshooting

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!74785

doc/administration/redis/troubleshooting.md

@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ Before proceeding with the troubleshooting below, check your firewall rules:
   - Connect to other Sentinel machines via TCP in `26379`
   - Connect to the Redis machines via TCP in `6379`
 
+## Basic Redis activity check
+
+Start Redis troubleshooting with a basic Redis activity check:
+
+1. Open a terminal on your GitLab server.
+1. Run `gitlab-redis-cli --stat` and observe the output while it runs.
+1. Go to your GitLab UI and browse to a handful of pages. Any page works, like
+   group or project overviews, issues, files in repositories, and so on.
+1. Check the `stat` output again and verify that the values for `keys`, `clients`,
+   `requests`, and `connections` increases as you browse. If the numbers go up,
+   basic Redis functionality is working and GitLab can connect to it.
+
 ## Troubleshooting Redis replication
 
 You can check if everything is correct by connecting to each server using