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This project was forked from the open source Redis project right before the transition to their new source available licenses.
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This README is just a fast *quick start* document. More details can be found under [valkey.io](https://valkey.io/)
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# What is Valkey?
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Valkey is a high-performance data structure server that primarily serves key/value workloads.
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It supports a wide range of native structures and an extensible plugin system for adding new data structures and access patterns.
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# Building Valkey using `Makefile`
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Valkey can be compiled and used on Linux, macOS, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD.
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We support big endian and little endian architectures, and both 32 bit
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and 64 bit systems.
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It may compile on Solaris derived systems (for instance SmartOS) but our
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support for this platform is *best effort* and Valkey is not guaranteed to
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work as well as in Linux, macOS, and \*BSD.
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It is as simple as:
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% make
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To build with TLS support, you'll need OpenSSL development libraries (e.g.
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libssl-dev on Debian/Ubuntu).
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To build TLS support as Valkey built-in:
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% make BUILD_TLS=yes
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To build TLS as Valkey module:
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% make BUILD_TLS=module
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Note that sentinel mode does not support TLS module.
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To build with experimental RDMA support you'll need RDMA development libraries
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(e.g. librdmacm-dev and libibverbs-dev on Debian/Ubuntu).
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To build RDMA support as Valkey built-in:
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% make BUILD_RDMA=yes
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To build RDMA as Valkey module:
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% make BUILD_RDMA=module
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To build with systemd support, you'll need systemd development libraries (such
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as libsystemd-dev on Debian/Ubuntu or systemd-devel on CentOS) and run:
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% make USE_SYSTEMD=yes
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Since Valkey version 8.1, `fast_float` has been introduced as an optional
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dependency, which can speed up sorted sets and other commands that use
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the double datatype. To build with `fast_float` support, you'll need a
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C++ compiler and run:
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% make USE_FAST_FLOAT=yes
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To append a suffix to Valkey program names, use:
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% make PROG_SUFFIX="-alt"
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You can build a 32 bit Valkey binary using:
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% make 32bit
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After building Valkey, it is a good idea to test it using:
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% make test
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The above runs the main integration tests. Additional tests are started using:
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% make test-unit # Unit tests
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% make test-modules # Tests of the module API
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% make test-sentinel # Valkey Sentinel integration tests
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% make test-cluster # Valkey Cluster integration tests
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More about running the integration tests can be found in
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[tests/README.md](tests/README.md) and for unit tests, see
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[src/unit/README.md](src/unit/README.md).
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## Fixing build problems with dependencies or cached build options
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Valkey has some dependencies which are included in the `deps` directory.
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`make` does not automatically rebuild dependencies even if something in
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the source code of dependencies changes.
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When you update the source code with `git pull` or when code inside the
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dependencies tree is modified in any other way, make sure to use the following
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command in order to really clean everything and rebuild from scratch:
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% make distclean
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This will clean: jemalloc, lua, libvalkey, linenoise and other dependencies.
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Also if you force certain build options like 32bit target, no C compiler
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optimizations (for debugging purposes), and other similar build time options,
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those options are cached indefinitely until you issue a `make distclean`
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command.
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## Fixing problems building 32 bit binaries
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If after building Valkey with a 32 bit target you need to rebuild it
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with a 64 bit target, or the other way around, you need to perform a
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`make distclean` in the root directory of the Valkey distribution.
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In case of build errors when trying to build a 32 bit binary of Valkey, try
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the following steps:
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* Install the package libc6-dev-i386 (also try g++-multilib).
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* Try using the following command line instead of `make 32bit`:
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`make CFLAGS="-m32 -march=native" LDFLAGS="-m32"`
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## Allocator
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Selecting a non-default memory allocator when building Valkey is done by setting
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the `MALLOC` environment variable. Valkey is compiled and linked against libc
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malloc by default, with the exception of jemalloc being the default on Linux
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systems. This default was picked because jemalloc has proven to have fewer
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fragmentation problems than libc malloc.
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To force compiling against libc malloc, use:
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% make MALLOC=libc
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To compile against jemalloc on Mac OS X systems, use:
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% make MALLOC=jemalloc
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## Monotonic clock
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By default, Valkey will build using the POSIX clock_gettime function as the
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monotonic clock source. On most modern systems, the internal processor clock
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can be used to improve performance. Cautions can be found here:
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http://oliveryang.net/2015/09/pitfalls-of-TSC-usage/
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To build with support for the processor's internal instruction clock, use:
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% make CFLAGS="-DUSE_PROCESSOR_CLOCK"
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## Verbose build
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Valkey will build with a user-friendly colorized output by default.
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If you want to see a more verbose output, use the following:
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% make V=1
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# Running Valkey
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To run Valkey with the default configuration, just type:
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% cd src
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% ./valkey-server
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If you want to provide your valkey.conf, you have to run it using an additional
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parameter (the path of the configuration file):
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% cd src
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% ./valkey-server /path/to/valkey.conf
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It is possible to alter the Valkey configuration by passing parameters directly
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as options using the command line. Examples:
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% ./valkey-server --port 9999 --replicaof 127.0.0.1 6379
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% ./valkey-server /etc/valkey/6379.conf --loglevel debug
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All the options in valkey.conf are also supported as options using the command
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line, with exactly the same name.
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# Running Valkey with TLS:
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## Running manually
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To manually run a Valkey server with TLS mode (assuming `./utils/gen-test-certs.sh`
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was invoked so sample certificates/keys are available):
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* TLS built-in mode:
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```
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./src/valkey-server --tls-port 6379 --port 0 \
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--tls-cert-file ./tests/tls/valkey.crt \
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--tls-key-file ./tests/tls/valkey.key \
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--tls-ca-cert-file ./tests/tls/ca.crt
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```
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* TLS module mode:
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```
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./src/valkey-server --tls-port 6379 --port 0 \
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--tls-cert-file ./tests/tls/valkey.crt \
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--tls-key-file ./tests/tls/valkey.key \
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--tls-ca-cert-file ./tests/tls/ca.crt \
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--loadmodule src/valkey-tls.so
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```
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Note that you can disable TCP by specifying `--port 0` explicitly.
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It's also possible to have both TCP and TLS available at the same time,
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but you'll have to assign different ports.
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Use `valkey-cli` to connect to the Valkey server:
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```
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./src/valkey-cli --tls \
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--cert ./tests/tls/valkey.crt \
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--key ./tests/tls/valkey.key \
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--cacert ./tests/tls/ca.crt
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```
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Specifying `--tls-replication yes` makes a replica connect to the primary.
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Using `--tls-cluster yes` makes Valkey Cluster use TLS across nodes.
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# Running Valkey with RDMA:
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Note that Valkey Over RDMA is an experimental feature.
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It may be changed or removed in any minor or major version.
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Currently, it is only supported on Linux.
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* RDMA built-in mode:
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```
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./src/valkey-server --protected-mode no \
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--rdma-bind 192.168.122.100 --rdma-port 6379
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```
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* RDMA module mode:
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```
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./src/valkey-server --protected-mode no \
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--loadmodule src/valkey-rdma.so --rdma-bind 192.168.122.100 --rdma-port 6379
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```
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It's possible to change bind address/port of RDMA by runtime command:
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192.168.122.100:6379> CONFIG SET rdma-port 6380
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It's also possible to have both RDMA and TCP available, and there is no
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conflict of TCP(6379) and RDMA(6379), Ex:
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% ./src/valkey-server --protected-mode no \
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--loadmodule src/valkey-rdma.so --rdma-bind 192.168.122.100 --rdma-port 6379 \
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--port 6379
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Note that the network card (192.168.122.100 of this example) should support
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RDMA. To test a server supports RDMA or not:
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% rdma res show (a new version iproute2 package)
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Or:
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% ibv_devices
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# Playing with Valkey
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You can use valkey-cli to play with Valkey. Start a valkey-server instance,
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then in another terminal try the following:
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% cd src
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% ./valkey-cli
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valkey> ping
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PONG
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valkey> set foo bar
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OK
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valkey> get foo
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"bar"
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valkey> incr mycounter
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(integer) 1
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valkey> incr mycounter
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(integer) 2
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valkey>
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# Installing Valkey
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In order to install Valkey binaries into /usr/local/bin, just use:
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% make install
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You can use `make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install` if you wish to use a
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different destination.
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_Note_: For compatibility with Redis, we create symlinks from the Redis names (`redis-server`, `redis-cli`, etc.) to the Valkey binaries installed by `make install`.
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The symlinks are created in same directory as the Valkey binaries.
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The symlinks are removed when using `make uninstall`.
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The creation of the symlinks can be skipped by setting the makefile variable `USE_REDIS_SYMLINKS=no`.
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`make install` will just install binaries in your system, but will not configure
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init scripts and configuration files in the appropriate place. This is not
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needed if you just want to play a bit with Valkey, but if you are installing
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it the proper way for a production system, we have a script that does this
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for Ubuntu and Debian systems:
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% cd utils
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% ./install_server.sh
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_Note_: `install_server.sh` will not work on macOS; it is built for Linux only.
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The script will ask you a few questions and will setup everything you need
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to run Valkey properly as a background daemon that will start again on
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system reboots.
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You'll be able to stop and start Valkey using the script named
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`/etc/init.d/valkey_<portnumber>`, for instance `/etc/init.d/valkey_6379`.
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# Building using `CMake`
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In addition to the traditional `Makefile` build, Valkey supports an alternative, **experimental**, build system using `CMake`.
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To build and install `Valkey`, in `Release` mode (an optimized build), type this into your terminal:
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```bash
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mkdir build-release
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cd $_
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cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/valkey
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sudo make install
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# Valkey is now installed under /opt/valkey
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```
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Other options supported by Valkey's `CMake` build system:
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## Special build flags
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- `-DBUILD_TLS=<yes|no>` enable TLS build for Valkey. Default: `no`
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- `-DBUILD_RDMA=<no|module>` enable RDMA module build (only module mode supported). Default: `no`
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- `-DBUILD_MALLOC=<libc|jemalloc|tcmalloc|tcmalloc_minimal>` choose the allocator to use. Default on Linux: `jemalloc`, for other OS: `libc`
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- `-DBUILD_SANITIZER=<address|thread|undefined>` build with address sanitizer enabled. Default: disabled (no sanitizer)
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- `-DBUILD_UNIT_TESTS=[yes|no]` when set, the build will produce the executable `valkey-unit-tests`. Default: `no`
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- `-DBUILD_TEST_MODULES=[yes|no]` when set, the build will include the modules located under the `tests/modules` folder. Default: `no`
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- `-DBUILD_EXAMPLE_MODULES=[yes|no]` when set, the build will include the example modules located under the `src/modules` folder. Default: `no`
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## Common flags
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- `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=<Debug|Release...>` define the build type, see CMake manual for more details
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- `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/installation/path` override this value to define a custom install prefix. Default: `/usr/local`
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- `-G"<Generator Name>"` generate build files for "Generator Name". By default, CMake will generate `Makefile`s.
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## Verbose build
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`CMake` generates a user-friendly colorized output by default.
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If you want to see a more verbose output, use the following:
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```bash
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make VERBOSE=1
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```
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## Troubleshooting
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During the `CMake` stage, `CMake` caches variables in a local file named `CMakeCache.txt`. All variables generated by Valkey
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are removed from the cache once consumed (this is done by calling to `unset(VAR-NAME CACHE)`). However, some variables,
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like the compiler path, are kept in cache. To start a fresh build either remove the cache file `CMakeCache.txt` from the
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build folder, or delete the build folder completely.
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**It is important to re-run `CMake` when adding new source files.**
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## Integration with IDE
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During the `CMake` stage of the build, `CMake` generates a JSON file named `compile_commands.json` and places it under the
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build folder. This file is used by many IDEs and text editors for providing code completion (via `clangd`).
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A small caveat is that these tools will look for `compile_commands.json` under the Valkey's top folder.
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A common workaround is to create a symbolic link to it:
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```bash
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cd /path/to/valkey/
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# We assume here that your build folder is `build-release`
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ln -sf $(pwd)/build-release/compile_commands.json $(pwd)/compile_commands.json
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```
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Restart your IDE and voila
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# Code contributions
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Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md][2]. For security bugs and vulnerabilities, please see [SECURITY.md][3].
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# Valkey is an open community project under LF Projects
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Valkey a Series of LF Projects, LLC
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2810 N Church St, PMB 57274
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Wilmington, Delaware 19802-4447
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[1]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/COPYING
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[2]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/CONTRIBUTING.md
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[3]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/SECURITY.md
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