Get started with Aiven for Valkey

Begin your journey with Aiven for Valkey, the versatile in-memory data store offering high-performance capabilities for caching, message queues, and efficient data storage solutions.

Prerequisites

• Access to the Aiven Web Console
• Aiven CLI installed

Console

1. Log in to the Aiven Console.
2. Create Aiven for Valkey service.

CLI

1. Determine the service specifications, including plan, cloud provider, region, and project name.

2. Run the following command to create a Valkey service named demo-valkey:

    avn service create demo-valkey       \
    --service-type valkey               \
    --cloud CLOUD_AND_REGION           \
    --plan PLAN                        \
    --project PROJECT_NAME

Parameters:

• avn service create demo-valkey: Command to create new Aiven service named demo-valkey.
• --service-type valkey: Specifies the service type as Aiven for Valkey.
• --cloud CLOUD_AND_REGION: Specifies the cloud provider and region for deployment.
• --plan PLAN: Specifies the service plan or tier.
• --project PROJECT_NAME: Specifies the project where the service will be created.

Explore additional options by running:

• avn service create -h for a full list of default flags.
• avn service types -v for type-specific options.

Connect to Aiven for Valkey

Learn how to connect to Aiven for Caching using different programming languages:

• Go
• Node
• PHP
• Python