--- title: Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of deploying Bitnami's Helm chart for Valkey on Kubernetes, covering prerequisites, deployment via the open source Bitnami Application Catalog or... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of deploying Bitnami's Helm chart for Valkey on Kubernetes, covering prerequisites, deployment via the open source Bitnami Application Catalog or... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Abr2bN5I8.png og:image:alt: Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart **[Valkey](https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of deploying Bitnami's Helm chart for Valkey on Kubernetes, covering prerequisites, deployment via the open source Bitnami Application Catalog or the enterprise Tanzu Application Catalog, connecting with the Valkey CLI and a Python Redis client, and using Valkey as an object cache for WordPress. A prominent notice at the top warns that due to changes in the Bitnami catalog, the content is likely out of date as of September 2025 and the chart no longer represents an operational best practice without a subscription, pointing readers to a project-provided Helm chart effort instead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is the Bitnami Helm chart for Valkey still a good option for production Kubernetes deployments? No, changes to the Bitnami catalog mean the community Helm chart for Valkey no longer represents an operational best practice without a paid subscription, as noted in an update dated September 2025. A project-provided Helm chart is being tracked separately in the valkey-io/valkey GitHub issue 2371 as a replacement path. _Anyone planning a Valkey Kubernetes rollout can track chart alternatives and updates via daily.dev._ ### How do you connect to a Valkey cluster from a Python script? Install the Python redis package (version 5.0.6 shown) with pip, then use redis.UsernamePasswordCredentialProvider with the Valkey username and password to create a credential provider, and pass it to redis.Redis along with the host and port 6379. Standard commands like set, get, hset, and hgetall work identically to Redis. _daily.dev helps developers keep Python data-layer integrations like this current as tooling shifts._ ### How can Valkey be used as an object cache for a WordPress site on Kubernetes? Set WP_REDIS_HOST, WP_REDIS_PORT, WP_REDIS_PASSWORD, and WP_REDIS_PREFIX in the WordPress deployment's extra config content, pointing at the Valkey master service, then deploy WordPress with Helm using bitnami/wordpress. After deployment, install and activate the Redis Object Cache plugin from the WordPress admin UI to enable caching. _Teams wiring caching layers into WordPress can follow ongoing Valkey and Redis compatibility news on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Valkey · Monitoring Valkey with Prometheus](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-monitoring-valkey-with-prometheus-glygpdnfc) · Valkey · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using Valkey on Azure and in .NET Aspire](https://daily.dev/posts/using-valkey-on-azure-and-in-net-aspire-8hoh4cisd) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die.](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-just-had-a-17x-year-its-lead-maintainer-still-doesn-t-want-redis-to-die--hymzgle9p) · The New Stack · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Valkey · Valkey Metrics in Prometheus: redis](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-valkey-metrics-in-prometheus-redis-93jg7u5j6) · Valkey · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Integrate your Spring Boot application with Amazon ElastiCache using Spring Data Valkey](https://daily.dev/posts/integrate-your-spring-boot-application-with-amazon-elasticache-using-spring-data-valkey-ppq0qrlld) · AWS Database Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress), [#redis](https://daily.dev/tags/redis), [#helm](https://daily.dev/tags/helm), [#valkey](https://daily.dev/tags/valkey) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:22:03.453Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:42:50.942Z","description":"A walkthrough of deploying Bitnami's Helm chart for Valkey on Kubernetes, covering prerequisites, deployment via the open source Bitnami Application Catalog or...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--foaA6JGU--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2004","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Valkey","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Valkey","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--XXPzEmD8--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487496/logos/valkey-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"kubernetes,wordpress,redis,helm,valkey","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Valkey","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Valkey · Using Bitnami's Valkey chart"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-using-bitnami-s-valkey-chart-abr2bn5i8#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is the Bitnami Helm chart for Valkey still a good option for production Kubernetes deployments?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, changes to the Bitnami catalog mean the community Helm chart for Valkey no longer represents an operational best practice without a paid subscription, as noted in an update dated September 2025. 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