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 Console
• Aiven CLI installed

Console

1. From your project, in the Services page, click Create service.

2. From the Select service page, click Valkey.

3. Select the cloud provider and region to host your service on.

   note

   The pricing for the same service can vary between different providers and regions. The service summary shows you the pricing for your selected options.

4. Select a service plan.

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   This determines the number of servers and the memory, CPU, and disk resources allocated to your service. See Plans & Pricing.

5. Optional: Add disk storage.

6. Enter a name for your service.

   important

   You cannot change the name after you create the service.

   You can fork the service with a new name instead.

7. Optional: Add tags.

8. Click Create service.

The Overview page of the service opens. It shows the connection parameters for your service, its current status, and the configuration options.

The status of the service is Rebuilding during its creation. When the status becomes Running, you can start using the service. This typically takes couple of minutes and can vary between cloud providers and regions.

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.

To see:

• A full list of default flags, run avn service create -h
• Type-specific options, run avn service types -v

Connect to Aiven for Valkey

Learn how to connect to Aiven for Valkey using different programming languages or through valkey-cli:

• valkey-cli
• Go
• Node
• PHP
• Python