Valkey Quickstart
Validated on 24 Apr 2025 • Last edited on 24 Apr 2025
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.
Create Valkey Database Clusters
- From the Create menu in the top right of the control panel, click Databases.
- Select Valkey as the database engine.
- Choose the cluster configuration and datacenter, and give the cluster a unique name.
Tip For the best performance, create your database cluster in the same region as your Droplets. - Click Create a Database Cluster.
Change Size or Number of Cluster Nodes
- Select your database cluster from the Databases page.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Click Edit in the Cluster configuration section.
- Select the node size and number of optional standby nodes.
- Click Save.
Relocate Database Clusters
- Select your database cluster from the Databases page.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Click Edit in the Cluster datacenter section.
- Select the region and datacenter to which you want to relocate your cluster.
- Click Save.
Edit the Eviction Policy
- Select your database cluster from the Databases page.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Click Edit in the Eviction Policy section.
- Select the eviction policy you wish to use for this cluster.
- Click Save.
Delete Database Clusters
- Select your database cluster from the Databases page.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Click Destroy in the Destroy this database cluster section.
- Enter the name of the database cluster.
- Click Destroy.