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title: "Valkey is now available on Exoscale!"
date: 2025-03-05
tags: ["New","DBaaS"]
url: https://changelog.exoscale.com/valkey-is-now-available-on-exoscale/
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# Valkey is now available on Exoscale!

<p class="">We’re introducing <b>Valkey</b>, now available as a <b>managed database service</b> on Exoscale via the <b>web portal</b> (CLI &amp; Terraform coming soon).</p>

<h2>What is Valkey?</h2>

<p class="">Valkey is an open-source, in-memory key-value database designed as a drop-in replacement for Redis®. It was created in response to Redis Ltd.’s license change, ensuring the continued availability of a truly open-source solution under the BSD license, backed by the Linux Foundation.</p>

<h2 class="">Why Choose Valkey?</h2>

<ul>
  <li><p class="">Fully open-source with no licensing restrictions.</p></li>
  <li><p class="">Compatible with Redis® 7.2.4, ensuring minimal migration effort.</p></li>
  <li><p class="">Community-driven development with planned optimizations, such as multi-threading.</p></li>
</ul>

<p class=""><i>Exoscale Portal – Valkey Instance Setup Screen</i></p>

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<p class="">Existing <b>Exoscale for Caching</b> customers (formerly Redis®) must migrate to <b>Exoscale for Valkey</b> by <b>April 30, 2025</b>.</p>

<ul>
  <li><p class="">A migration option is available in the <b>web portal</b> under the <b>top-right menu</b> in the service detail view.</p></li>
  <li><p class="">Customers who <b>do not migrate manually</b> by <b>April 30, 2025</b> will be <b>migrated automatically</b>.</p></li>
</ul>

[Read our Valkey documentation](https://community.exoscale.com/community/dbaas/managed-valkey/)