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Understanding default user permissions

Reviewed on 02 May 2025

When you create a Redis™^* Database Instance, you have to specify a user. It will be created with the following permissions:

+client +cluster
info +cluster
nodes +cluster
myid +cluster
slots +cluster
shards allkeys

Important

The default permissions cannot be edited. It is also not possible to create additional users.

You can specify a name for this user when you create a Database Instance via the Scaleway console, the API or the CLI.

This allows you to ensure the username is compatible with different software integrations where specific usernames are not supported.

For a username to be valid, it must:

contain only letters, numbers, hyphens, dollars, and underscores
be between 1 and 63 characters long
not start with _rkv
start with a letter
not be scalewayadmin or metrics

Important

You can change the default username and password anytime via the Scaleway API or the CLI. Refer to the Managing the default user’s username and password documentation page for more information.

^* Redis is a trademark of Redis Labs Ltd. Any rights therein are reserved to Redis Labs Ltd. Any use by Scaleway is for referential purposes only and does not indicate any sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation between Redis and Scaleway.

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