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How to Provision Vultr Managed Databases for Valkey

Updated on 10 September, 2025

A guide explaining how to set up and configure Vultr Managed Databases for Valkey

Vultr Managed Databases for Valkey is a highly-available Redis®-compatible in-memory database with flexible data structures. You can use the NoSQL database as a cache, streaming engine, and message broker. You can provision a CPU or memory-optimized database cluster around the globe in any Vultr location. Vultr Managed Databases for Valkey support trusted sources and SSL certificates for security.

Follow this guide to provision Vultr Managed Databases for Valkey using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, CLI, or Terraform.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI
  • Terraform
  1. Navigate to Products and click Databases.
  2. Click Add Managed Database.
  3. Choose Vultr Managed Database for Valkey as the database engine.
  4. Select the Server Type and Plan.
  5. Click the Number of Failover Replica Nodes drop-down and select the number of failover replica nodes to provide automatic failover incase the primary node fails, ensuring continuous service availability.
  6. Choose a server location.
  7. Select a VPC Network.
  8. Enter a database label, review the monthly and hourly cost estimates, and click Deploy Now.

  1. Send a GET request to the List Managed Database Plans endpoint to view all available plans.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/databases/plans" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a POST request to the Create Database endpoint to create a new database instance.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/databases" \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
        "database_engine" : "valkey",
        "database_engine_version" : "7",
        "plan" : "vultr-dbaas-startup-occ-mo-2-26-16",
        "region" : "jnb",        
        "label" : "Remote-Valkey-Db"
    }'

    Visit the Create Database endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  3. Send a GET request to the List Managed Databases endpoint to list all database instances.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/databases" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"

  1. List the available database plans.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database plan list

  2. Create a new database instance.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database create \
--database-engine valkey \
--database-engine-version 7 \
--plan vultr-dbaas-startup-occ-mo-2-26-16 \
--region jnb \
--vpc-id 24ab6b57-845b-4354-a243-9bcafb4bd505 \
--label Remote-Valkey-Db

  3. List all database instances.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database list --summarize

    Run vultr-cli database create --help to view all options.

  1. Ensure the Vultr Terraform provider is configured in your Terraform project.

  2. Define the Managed Database for Valkey (Redis-compatible) in your Terraform configuration file.

    terraform 
    terraform {
    required_providers {
        vultr = {
            source  = "vultr/vultr"
            version = "~> 2.26"
        }
    }
}

provider "vultr" {}

resource "vultr_database" "valkey" {
    database_engine         = "valkey"
    database_engine_version = "7"
    region                  = "jnb"  # e.g., ewr, ams, sgp, jnb
    plan                    = "vultr-dbaas-startup-occ-mo-2-26-16"
    label                   = "valkey-db-1"

    # Optional
    # vpc_id      = "<vpc-id>"
    # trusted_ips = ["192.0.2.1", "192.0.2.2"]
}

output "valkey_host" { value = vultr_database.valkey.host }
output "valkey_port" { value = vultr_database.valkey.port }

  3. Apply the configuration and observe the following output:

    Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

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