- How do I fix the "Connection Timed Out" error when connecting to my database?
- How to Connect to Valkey Database Clusters
- How do I fix the "Connection Refused" error when connecting to my database?
- How do I fix the "Invalid Parameters and Values" error when connecting to my database?
- Valkey Limits
- Valkey Pricing
- How to Choose Eviction Policies on Valkey Database Clusters
- How to Migrate Valkey Databases
- How to Schedule Automatic Software Updates for Valkey Database Clusters
- How to Monitor Valkey Database Performance
Valkey
Generated on 15 Jul 2026
Valkey is a high-performance, open-source database that stores key-value data in memory, and is designed for caching, message queues, and primary database use. Fully compatible with Redis, Valkey serves as a drop-in replacement.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Valkey.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Latest Updates
Upcoming Changes
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DigitalOcean Managed Caching is being discontinued on 30 June 2025.
To replace Managed Caching, we are offering Managed Valkey, a Redis-compatible alternative with RDMA and higher throughput. All existing Managed Caching clusters automatically convert to Valkey clusters by 30 June 2025 during your upgrade window, retaining all data.
30 June 2026
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DigitalOcean Managed Valkey database clusters now support custom CNAME records, allowing clients to connect through your own hostname instead of the default
*.db.ondigitalocean.comaddress. Custom CNAMEs are available through the API when creating clusters or when updating an existing cluster, and apply to the public network connection only. For more information, see Configure Custom CNAMEs for Valkey.
8 January 2026
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The Network Access tab for managed databases now shows a resource type icon next to each trusted source, so you can distinguish sources that share the same display name, such as a Droplet and a tag. When you add trusted sources with Quick select, the dropdown also groups resources by type. To add trusted sources, see our guides for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Valkey, OpenSearch, and Kafka.
16 May 2025
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New managed database clusters are now automatically provisioned with default alert policies for CPU, memory, and disk utilization at a 90% threshold. These alerts notify you via email when resource usage is high, so you can investigate your application load or scale your cluster. You can modify or remove the default alerts at any time. For more information, see the following:
For more information, see all Valkey release notes.