Installing Valkey on Ubuntu 24.04: A Step-by-Step Guide
Valkey, a high-performance, community-driven fork of Redis, offers a modern, stable, and secure platform for various use cases such as caching, message brokering, session storage, real-time analytics, and leaderboards. This guide provides a general approach to install and configure Valkey on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
Preparing Your Ubuntu 24.04 System
Begin by updating your system packages and installing necessary build tools and dependencies:
Obtaining Valkey Source or Binaries
Since Valkey is not a standard Ubuntu package, you will need to obtain its source or binaries from a trusted source. This might be from a GitHub repository related to Valkey or a similar Redis-derivative project.
Building and Installing Valkey
Compile the Valkey source and install the executable:
Configuring Valkey
Edit the Valkey configuration file (usually something like ) to specify snapshot save intervals, directories, and enabling persistence.
Typical configuration locations and parameters might resemble Redis configuration:
- (save every 900 seconds if at least 1 change)
- Permissions on snapshot directory should allow Valkey to write.
Starting Valkey Service
You can start Valkey manually or create a systemd service file for it.
Or if using systemd:
Verifying Valkey Operation
Use Valkey client commands or compatible Redis clients to connect and verify functionality. Check logs for any errors related to snapshots or persistence. Verify persistence folder is writable and snapshots are being created.
Because Valkey is not mainstream or included in standard repositories, you should consult its official documentation or repository for precise installation instructions. The closest insights are its requirement to handle RDB snapshots properly to avoid errors, and its dependency on and potentially X11 components if integrating with GUI or event-driven features.
Valkey maintains compatibility with Redis clients and APIs while remaining fully open-source under the BSD 3-Clause license. It offers open governance and active development, backed by the Linux Foundation and with transparent community contributions via GitHub. For more detailed commands and configuration examples, you can find the Valkey repository at [repository URL].
- To operate Valkey, a data-and-cloud-computing technology built on top of Redis, you might need to obtain its source or binaries from a GitHub repository related to Valkey or a similar Redis-derivative project.
- Valkey, a modern, stable, and secure data-and-cloud-computing platform, offers compatibility with Redis clients and APIs while remaining fully open-source under the BSD 3-Clause license.
