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Valkey via Containers

Last modified: September 10, 2024

Overview

This document explains how to set up Valkey™ in an EasyApache 4 container. Valkey is a distributed memory-caching system forked from Redis 7.2.4 as a replacement. This document only applies to the EasyApache 4-provided Valkey package.

We provide Valkey 7.2 for use with containers. You can only install container-based packages on systems that use EasyApache 4’s containers and run AlmaLinux OS, Rocky Linux™, or Ubuntu®.

Note:
In this documentation, container-name represents the name of your Valkey container. You can find the containers’ names with either the registered or running options of the /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/ea-podman script.

Install Valkey

Note:

The following steps must be performed as the root user.

To install Valkey in a container on a system that runs EasyApache 4, you must first set up EasyApache 4 containers on your system.

After you set up containers on your system, install the ea-valkey72 package to add Valkey to your system.

Then, run one of the following commands to install the Valkey package on your server:

To install Valkey on AlmaLinux or Rocky Linux, run the following command: 

dnf install -y ea-valkey72

To install Valkey on Ubuntu, run the following commands: 

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apt install ea-podman-repo
apt update
apt install ea-valkey72

Set up Valkey inside containers

To set up Valkey to run inside a container, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to the cPanel user account via SSH. You can log in to the account via SSH using one of the following methods:
    • The command line.
    • cPanel’s Terminal interface (cPanel » Home » Advanced » Terminal).
  2. Run the following command to set up Valkey inside your container: 
    /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/ea-podman install ea-valkey72
  3. Run the following command to retrieve the container’s name. You will need this name to perform any further actions. 
    /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/ea-podman containers

For more information, read our /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/ea-podman script documentation.

Configure Valkey in a container

Note:
  • cPanel users must have shell access to configure Valkey in a container.
  • The cPanel account’s shell access must use the Normal Shell* option in WHM’s Manage Shell Access interface (WHM » Home » Account Functions » Manage Shell Access). The user cannot use the Valkey container with the Jailed option.

When you install Valkey into a container, it creates a directory in the ~/ea-podman.d/container-name directory in the user’s home directory. The system creates the valkey.sock socket when it sets up Valkey.

To use Valkey with your applications, direct your application to use the ~/ea-podman.d/container-name/valkey.sock socket.

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