Creating a cluster for Valkey or Redis OSS

To create a Valkey or Redis OSS (cluster mode enabled) cluster using the ElastiCache console

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon ElastiCache console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/elasticache/.

2. From the list in the upper-right corner, choose the AWS Region that you want to launch this cluster in.

3. Choose Get started from the navigation pane.

4. Choose Create VPC and follow the steps outlined at Creating a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

5. On the ElastiCache dashboard page, choose Create cluster and then choose Create Valkey cluster or Create Redis OSS cluster.

6. Under Cluster settings, do the following:

   1. Choose Configure and create a new cluster.

   2. For Cluster mode, choose Enabled.

   3. For Cluster info enter a value for Name.

   4. (Optional) Enter a value for Description.

7. Under Location:

   AWS Cloud

   1. For AWS Cloud, we recommend you accept the default settings for Multi-AZ and Auto-failover. For more information, see Minimizing downtime in ElastiCache for Redis OSS with Multi-AZ.

   2. Under Cluster settings

      1. For Engine version, choose an available version.

      2. For Port, use the default port, 6379. If you have a reason to use a different port, enter the port number.

      3. For Parameter group, choose a parameter group or create a new one. Parameter groups control the runtime parameters of your cluster. For more information on parameter groups, see Valkey and Redis OSS parameters and Creating an ElastiCache parameter group.

         Note

         When you select a parameter group to set the engine configuration values, that parameter group is applied to all clusters in the global datastore. On the Parameter Groups page, the yes/no Global attribute indicates whether a parameter group is part of a global datastore.

      4. For Node type, choose the down arrow ( ). In the Change node type dialog box, choose a value for Instance family for the node type that you want. Then choose the node type that you want to use for this cluster, and then choose Save.

         For more information, see Choosing your node size.

         If you choose an r6gd node type, data-tiering is automatically enabled. For more information, see Data tiering in ElastiCache.

      5. For Number of shards, choose the number of shards (partitions/node groups) that you want for this Valkey or Redis OSS (cluster mode enabled) cluster.

         For some versions of Valkey or Redis OSS (cluster mode enabled), you can change the number of shards in your cluster dynamically:

         • Redis OSS 3.2.10 and later – If your cluster is running Redis OSS 3.2.10 or later versions, you can change the number of shards in your cluster dynamically. For more information, see Scaling clusters in Valkey or Redis OSS (Cluster Mode Enabled).

         • Other Redis OSS versions – If your cluster is running a version of Redis OSS before version 3.2.10, there's another approach. To change the number of shards in your cluster in this case, create a new cluster with the new number of shards. For more information, see Restoring from a backup into a new cache.

      6. For Replicas per shard, choose the number of read replica nodes that you want in each shard.

         The following restrictions exist for Valkey or Redis OSS (cluster mode enabled).

         • If you have Multi-AZ enabled, make sure that you have at least one replica per shard.

         • The number of replicas is the same for each shard when creating the cluster using the console.

         • The number of read replicas per shard is fixed and cannot be changed. If you find you need more or fewer replicas per shard (API/CLI: node group), you must create a new cluster with the new number of replicas. For more information, see Tutorial: Seeding a new self-designed cluster with an externally created backup.

   3. Under Connectivity

      1. For Network type, choose the IP version(s) this cluster will support.

      2. For Subnet groups, choose the subnet that you want to apply to this cluster. ElastiCache uses that subnet group to choose a subnet and IP addresses within that subnet to associate with your nodes. ElastiCache clusters require a dual-stack subnet with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses assigned to them to operate in dual-stack mode and an IPv6-only subnet to operate as IPv6-only.

         When creating a new subnet group, enter the VPC ID to which it belongs.

         Select a Discovery IP type. Only the IP adresses of your chosen protocol are returned.

         For more information, see:

         • Choosing a network type in ElastiCache.

         • Create a subnet in your VPC.

         If you are Using local zones with ElastiCache, you must create or choose a subnet that is in the local zone.

         For more information, see Subnets and subnet groups.

   4. For Availability zone placements, you have two options:

      • No preference – ElastiCache chooses the Availability Zone.

      • Specify availability zones – You specify the Availability Zone for each cluster.

        If you chose to specify the Availability Zones, for each cluster in each shard, choose the Availability Zone from the list.

      For more information, see Choosing regions and availability zones for ElastiCache.

   5. Choose Next

   6. Under Advanced Valkey settings or Advanced Redis OSS settings or

      1. For Security:

         1. To encrypt your data, you have the following options:

            • Encryption at rest – Enables encryption of data stored on disk. For more information, see Encryption at Rest.

              Note

              You have the option to supply a different encryption key by choosing Customer Managed AWS KMS key and choosing the key. For more information, see Using customer managed keys from AWS KMS.

            • Encryption in-transit – Enables encryption of data on the wire. For more information, see encryption in transit. For Valkey 7.2 and above or Redis OSS 6.0 and above, if you enable Encryption in-transit you will be prompted to specify one of the following Access Control options:

              • No Access Control – This is the default setting. This indicates no restrictions on user access to the cluster.

              • User Group Access Control List – Select a user group with a defined set of users that can access the cluster. For more information, see Managing User Groups with the Console and CLI.

              • AUTH Default User – An authentication mechanism for a Valkey or Redis OSS server. For more information, see AUTH.

            • AUTH – An authentication mechanism for Valkey or Redis OSS server. For more information, see AUTH.

            Note

            For Redis OSS versions between 3.2.6 onward, excluding version 3.2.10, AUTH is the sole option.

         2. For Security groups, choose the security groups that you want for this cluster. A security group acts as a firewall to control network access to your cluster. You can use the default security group for your VPC or create a new one.

            For more information on security groups, see Security groups for your VPC in the Amazon VPC User Guide.

   7. For regularly scheduled automatic backups, select Enable automatic backups and then enter the number of days that you want each automatic backup retained before it is automatically deleted. If you don't want regularly scheduled automatic backups, clear the Enable automatic backups check box. In either case, you always have the option to create manual backups.

      For more information on backup and restore, see Snapshot and restore.

   8. (Optional) Specify a maintenance window. The maintenance window is the time, generally an hour in length, each week when ElastiCache schedules system maintenance for your cluster. You can allow ElastiCache to choose the day and time for your maintenance window (No preference), or you can choose the day, time, and duration yourself (Specify maintenance window). If you choose Specify maintenance window from the lists, choose the Start day, Start time, and Duration (in hours) for your maintenance window. All times are UCT times.

      For more information, see Managing ElastiCache cluster maintenance.

   9. (Optional) For Logs:

      • Under Log format, choose either Text or JSON.

      • Under Destination Type, choose either CloudWatch Logs or Kinesis Firehose.

      • Under Log destination, choose either Create new and enter either your CloudWatch Logs log group name or your Firehose stream name, or choose Select existing and then choose either your CloudWatch Logs log group name or your Firehose stream name,

   10. For Tags, to help you manage your clusters and other ElastiCache resources, you can assign your own metadata to each resource in the form of tags. For mor information, see Tagging your ElastiCache resources.

   11. Choose Next.

   12. Review all your entries and choices, then make any needed corrections. When you're ready, choose Create.

   On premises

   1. For On premises, we recommend you leave Auto-failover enabled. For more information, see Minimizing downtime in ElastiCache for Redis OSS with Multi-AZ

   2. Follow the steps at Using Outposts.