Getting started with Amazon ElastiCache

Use the hands-on tutorial in this section to help you get started and learn more about using ElastiCache.

Topics

Setting up ElastiCache
Create a Valkey serverless cache
Create a Redis OSS serverless cache
Create a Memcached serverless cache
Network type for serverless caches
Tutorials: Getting started with Python and ElastiCache
Tutorial: Configuring Lambda to access ElastiCache in a VPC

Note

To get started with ElastiCache using AI agents, visit the Agent tools for ElastiCache page to install the ElastiCache Skill and Valkey MCP server, which give AI agents the specialized knowledge and tools needed to work with ElastiCache accurately.

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