📝 Valkey version 8.1
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Par Remi le vendredi 1 août 2025, 09:35 - RPM - Lien permanent
With version 7.4 Redis Labs choose to switch to RSALv2 and SSPLv1 licenses, so leaving the OpenSource World.
Most linux distributions choose to drop it from their repositories. Various forks exist and Valkey seems a serious one and was chosen as a replacement.
So starting with Fedora 41 or Entreprise Linux 10 (CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, RockyLinux...) redis is no more available, but valkey is.
With version 8.0 Redis Labs choose to switch to AGPLv3 license, and so is back as an OpenSource project, but lot of users already switch and want to keep valkey.
RPMs of Valkey version 8.1.3 are available in the remi-modular repository for Fedora ≥ 41 and Enterprise Linux ≥ 8 (RHEL, Alma, CentOS, Rocky...).
So you now have the choice between Redis and Valkey.
1. Installation
Packages are available in the valkey:remi-8.1 module stream.
1.1. Using dnf4 on Enterprise Linux
# dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-<ver>.rpm # dnf module switch-to valkey:remi-8.1/common
1.2. Using dnf5 on Fedora
# dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/fedora/remi-release-<ver>.rpm # dnf module enable valkey:remi-8.1
The valkey-compat-redis compatibility package is not available in this stream. If you need the Redis commands, you can install the redis package.
2. Modules
Some optional modules exist but are not yet available:
These packages will be weak dependencies of Valkey, so they are installed by default (if install_weak_deps is not disabled in the dnf configuration).
The Modules are automatically loaded after installation and service (re)start.
3. Future
Valkey also provides a set of modules, requiring some packaging changes already proposed for the Fedora official repository.
Redis may be proposed for reintegration and return to the Fedora official repository, by me if I find enough motivation and energy, or by someone else.
So users will have the choice and can even use both.
ℹ️ Notice: Enterprise Linux 10.0 and Fedora have valley 8.0 in their repository. Fedora 43 will have valkey 8.1. CentOS Stream 9 also has valley 8.0, so it should be part of EL-9.7.
4. Statistics
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