Valkey: 3. Choose the instance size

This documentation is part of the GitHub Actions & GitLab CI guide. You can view the complete guide here: Launch a real Valkey service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and automatically tear it down.

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The examples below use the entry-level instance 1G for Valkey by default. This is a reliable choice for most workloads, but you can adjust it as needed. To see all available instance types for Valkey, run:

# The NAME column shows the value to pass to --instance
stackhero instances-store-list --service-store=valkey

Continue reading this guide

  1. Read the full guide: GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
    Launch a real Valkey service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and automatically tear it down
  2. 1. Create an access token and store it as a CI secret
  3. 2. The lifecycle script
  4. 4. GitHub Actions
  5. 5. GitLab CI

Other articles for Valkey

  1. Getting Started
    Quick guide to getting started with Valkey
  2. Prometheus
    Prometheus metrics
  3. Using with Python
    How to connect Valkey with Python
  4. Using with Ruby
    How to connect Valkey with Ruby
  5. Automate with the CLI
    Start Valkey, retrieve its credentials, and modify its configuration programmatically using the Stackhero CLI