# addValkey

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Valkey](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.valkey.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds a Valkey container to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addValkey(
    name: string,
    port?: number,
    password?: ParameterResource): ValkeyResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `port` (`number`) `optional`
- `password` (`ParameterResource`) `optional`

## Returns

[ValkeyResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.valkey/valkeyresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.valkey/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)