valkey-operator

May 11, 2026 · View on GitHub

A Kubernetes operator for deploying Valkey Clusters and managing their lifecycle.

Description

Valkey Operator is a Kubernetes operator that automates the deployment and management of Valkey, a high-performance data structure server that primarily serves key/value workloads. The operator simplifies deploying Valkey Clusters on Kubernetes, handling scaling, rolling upgrades, failover, TLS, and access control automatically.

⚠️ EARLY DEVELOPMENT NOTICE

This operator is in active development and not ready for production use. The v1alpha1 API may change in future releases.

We welcome your feedback!

💡 Share ideas and suggestions

🏗️ Participate in design discussions

🙏 Ask questions

🐛 Report bugs

Want to discuss the operator development? Join the tech call every Friday at 11:00-11:30 US Eastern.

Getting Started

Users: Quickstart
Contributors: Developer Guide

Community & Support

Getting Help

📖 Documentation - Guides and architecture docs
🙏 Ask Questions - GitHub Discussions Q&A
💬 Slack Channel - Join #valkey-k8s-operator to discuss and connect with the community
📝 Support Guide - How to get help

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Whether you're fixing bugs, adding features, or improving documentation, your help is appreciated.

📋 Contributing Guide - How to contribute code and documentation
💡 Feature Ideas - Suggest new features
🏗️ Design Discussions - Architectural proposals and RFCs
🐛 Report Issues - Bug reports

All contributors must sign off commits (DCO). See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.