Valkey 9 on Ubuntu by cloudimg

Valkey 9 on Ubuntu 22.04 by cloudimg

Pre-configured Valkey 9 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, purpose-built for Microsoft Azure and maintained by cloudimg. Valkey is the Linux Foundation fork of Redis 7.2 and speaks the Redis wire protocol — drop-in compatible with existing Redis clients. Single-node deployment with password auth on, AOF persistence on, RDB snapshots, and maxmemory at ~75% of VM RAM.

Why Choose cloudimg?

• 24/7 Expert Support Guaranteed 24-hour response, 1-hour for critical. support@cloudimg.co.uk
• Production Ready from Launch Pre-configured, security-patched, validated
• Azure Native Azure Linux Agent, cloud-init, Gen2 Hyper-V
• Per-VM Credentials Unique requirepass at first boot

What is Included

• Valkey 9.0.3 compiled from upstream with USE_SYSTEMD and BUILD_TLS
• systemd units for valkey-server + first-boot oneshot generating per-VM requirepass
• /etc/valkey/valkey.conf pre-tuned: bind 0.0.0.0, protected mode on, AOF, allkeys-lru
• First-boot credentials at /stage/scripts/valkey-credentials.log (mode 0600)
• Redis-protocol compatible: redis-py, ioredis, Jedis, StackExchange.Redis, go-redis
• Native TLS on port 6380 (compiled in)
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with latest security patches at build time

Use Cases

• Drop-in Redis replacement after the 2024 Redis license change
• Session store, application cache, rate limiting, pub/sub fan-out
• Real-time leaderboards and short-lived state for gaming/fintech/e-commerce

Technical Specifications

• OS: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Database: Valkey 9.0.3 (RESP2 + RESP3)
• Persistence: AOF on, RDB at 3600s/300s/60s thresholds
• Eviction: allkeys-lru at ~75% of RAM
• Ports: 6379 (TLS on 6380)
• Config: /etc/valkey/valkey.conf, data /var/lib/valkey
• Recommended: Standard_B2s; scale up for larger datasets

Security Open NSG 6379/6380 only to your app subnets — never the public internet. ACL system for per-application named users with scoped commands and key patterns. SSH hardened, key-based auth only.

Support 24/7/365 — support@cloudimg.co.uk. User guide: https://www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/valkey-9-on-ubuntu-22-04-azure/.

Valkey is a trademark of the Linux Foundation. Redis is a trademark of Redis Ltd. This image is a repackaged upstream Valkey distribution by cloudimg.