Getting Started with Arctickey

Arctickey is an EU-hosted, Redis-compatible database service built on Valkey (the Linux Foundation fork of Redis). Your data stays in Europe, always.

1. Create a Database#

  1. Sign up at arctickey.com
  2. Click New Instance in your dashboard
  3. Choose a name and plan
  4. Your database is ready in ~10 seconds

2. Connect to Your Database#

Once your instance is running, click Connect to get your credentials:

TEXT
Host: eu.arctickey.com Port: 16xxx Password: your-password TLS: Required

Using redis-cli#

Terminal
redis-cli --tls -h eu.arctickey.com -p 6379 -a YOUR_PASSWORD # Test the connection eu.arctickey.com:6379> PING PONG eu.arctickey.com:6379> SET hello "world" OK eu.arctickey.com:6379> GET hello "world"

Connection String#

Use this format for most clients:

TEXT
rediss://:YOUR_PASSWORD@eu.arctickey.com:6379

Note: rediss:// (with double 's') indicates TLS/SSL connection.

3. Choose Your Client#

Arctickey works with any Redis client. Here are the most popular:

LanguageClientInstall
Node.jsioredisnpm install ioredis
Node.jsredisnpm install redis
Pythonredis-pypip install redis
Gogo-redisgo get github.com/redis/go-redis/v9
PHPphpredispecl install redis
Rubyredis-rbgem install redis

Next Steps#