Environment variables for Username / Password

[ninode97]

Hello.

I try to understand, what environment variables it accepts?

Is this correct:

services:
  valkey:
    image: valkey/valkey:latest # Replace with the correct image if available on Docker Hub
    container_name: valkey
    ports:
      - '6379:6379' # Map container port 6379 (default Redis port) to host
    volumes:
      - valkey_data:/data # Mount volume to persist data
    environment:
      - REDIS_USER=x-user
      - REDIS_PASSWORD=x-pass
      - REDIS_DB=x-test
    networks:
      - valkey_network

I keep getting Unhandled error event: ReplyError: WRONGPASS invalid username-password pair or user is disabled.

[AlfredoRamos]

Hi,

As far as I know, it does not use environment variables. You can use a custom configuration file, or additional command arguments.

I use the following to set a password for the default user with --requirepass <password>.

  valkey:
    image: valkey/valkey:8-alpine
    user: 'valkey'
    restart: unless-stopped
    command: >
      --requirepass "${CACHE_PASS}"
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          'CMD-SHELL',
          "echo 'auth ${CACHE_PASS}\nping' | valkey-cli -h '${CACHE_HOST}' | grep 'PONG'",
        ]
      interval: 1m
      timeout: 30s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 60s
    networks:
      - cache
    volumes:
      - cachedata:/data

.env

...
CACHE_HOST=valkey
CACHE_PASS=
...

You could do something similar with a username too (not tested):

--user [...]

https://valkey.io/topics/acl/