# Managed Valkey on Hetzner and UpCloud

> Managed Valkey, the open-source Redis fork, from a German provider: TLS only, replication, failover, ACL users and snapshot backups. Currently in beta.

BasePilot provisions and operates Valkey, the open-source fork of Redis, on the European cloud providers Hetzner and UpCloud, in your own cloud account or on your own servers, from Germany. Clients written for Redis connect with a rediss:// URL. The Valkey engine is currently offered as a beta. Operated from Germany. Billed per node and hour. No minimum term.

## Valkey at a glance

- Versions: 8, 7
- Default version: Valkey 8
- Port: 6379
- Nodes per cluster: 1 to 3
- Replication: Primary with replicas, asynchronous
- Backups: Scheduled RDB snapshots
- Point-in-time restore: No
- Major version upgrades: No
- Availability: Beta
- Connection string: `rediss://app@shop-x7k2f.valkey.basepilot.de:6379/0`

## What managed Valkey includes

- **Works with Redis clients:** Valkey speaks the Redis protocol, so existing client libraries and tools connect to it over TLS.
- **Replication and failover:** Replicas follow the primary over the private network. If the primary fails, BasePilot promotes the replica holding the most data and moves the cluster's address to it.
- **Durable by default:** The append-only file and regular snapshots are both switched on, so data survives a restart.
- **Access control lists:** Users are ACL entries with admin, read-write or read-only rights. Changes take effect on every node without a restart.
- **Key browser:** The studio lists keys grouped by prefix with their type, TTL and size, and runs commands the way valkey-cli does.
- **Snapshot backups:** Scheduled RDB snapshots are uploaded to object storage and can be restored into a new cluster.

## Built and operated in Europe

BasePilot is a German service on European infrastructure. You decide in which data centre each cluster runs.

- **Operator in Germany:** BasePilot is developed and operated in Erfurt, Germany. Contracts are governed by German law.
- **European cloud providers:** The servers come from Hetzner (Germany) and UpCloud (Finland). You choose the data centre location for every cluster yourself, for example in Germany or Finland.
- **Data processing under the GDPR:** We process the data in your databases solely on your behalf and on your instructions. A data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR is available on request.
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## Questions about managed Valkey

### Which Valkey versions does BasePilot offer?

Valkey 8, 7. New clusters use Valkey 8 by default.

### Why Valkey and not Redis?

Valkey is the BSD-licensed, community-maintained fork of Redis under the Linux Foundation. It keeps the Redis protocol and the commands of open-source Redis 7.2.

### Can I use several databases?

Yes, the numbered databases 0 to 15. Users are not limited to single databases: every user can access every key.

### Does managed Valkey support point-in-time restore?

Not at present. A restore returns to the moment of a snapshot and always creates a new cluster.

### What does beta mean for Valkey?

The Valkey engine is provided for evaluation: it may still contain defects and may change. We recommend not using it for business-critical data yet.

## Links

- [BasePilot](https://basepilot.de/en.md): Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Valkey, libSQL and NATS from a German provider: on Hetzner, UpCloud or your own servers, billed by the hour.
- [Managed PostgreSQL](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-postgresql.md)
- [Managed MySQL](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-mysql.md)
- [Managed MariaDB](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-mariadb.md)
- [Managed MongoDB](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-mongodb.md)
- [Managed libSQL](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-libsql.md)
- [Managed NATS](https://basepilot.de/en/managed-nats.md)
- [Create an account](https://console.basepilot.de/sign-up)
- [Deutsch](https://basepilot.de/de/managed-valkey.md)