Usage
valkey-server [ /path/to/valkey.conf ] [ OPTIONS ] [-]
valkey-server -v | --version
valkey-server -h | --help
valkey-server --test-memory megabytes
valkey-server --check-system
Description
valkey-server is the Valkey database program.
What is Valkey? See Introduction.
Options
The configuration file and the configuration directives are documented in
Configuration. Use - to read configuration from stdin.
Each of the configuration directives can be provided on the command line
with its name prefixed by two dashes. For example, --port 6380 on the command
line is equivalent to port 6380 in the config file.
Additional options:
-v, --version
: Output version and exit.
-h, --help
: Output help and exit.
--test-memory megabytes
: Run a memory test and exit.
--check-sytem
: Output some operating system properties relevant for running Valkey and exit.
--sentinel
: Start in sentinel mode
Examples
Run the server with default config:
valkey-server
Read configuration from stdin:
echo 'maxmemory 128mb' | valkey-server -
Start with a configuration file:
valkey-server /etc/valkey/6379.conf
Start with configuration as command line options:
valkey-server --port 7777
Start as a replica of another Valkey server that can accessed at 127.0.0.1:8888:
valkey-server --port 7777 --replicaof 127.0.0.1 8888
Start with a config file, then some additional options overriding the ones in the config file, and finally some more options from stdin:
valkey-server /etc/myvalkey.conf --loglevel verbose -
Start with a config file and some additional options overriding the ones in the config file:
valkey-server /etc/myvalkey.conf --loglevel verbose
See also
Valkey documentation, Introduction, Configuration, Installation, valkey-cli