---
name: "valkey-server"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "valkey-server"
version: "8.1.1+dfsg1-3+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/valkey-server"
---

# valkey-server(1)

Persistent key-value database

## NAME

valkey-server - Persistent key-value database

## SYNOPSIS

**valkey-server** configfile

## DESCRIPTION

Valkey is a key-value database. It is similar to memcached but the dataset is not volatile and other datatypes (such as lists and sets) are natively supported.

## OPTIONS

- configfile

  Read options from specified configuration file.

## NOTES

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, **valkey-server** is typically started via the **/etc/init.d/valkey-server** initscript, not manually. This defaults to using **/etc/valkey/valkey.conf** as a configuration file.

## AUTHOR

**valkey-server** was written by Salvatore Sanfilippo.

This manual page was written by Chris Lamb \<lamby@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).