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# Recommended Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ clients

To connect to Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™, consider using the following clients:
* Standard `redis-cli`
* `telnet`
* [redis](https://pypi.org/project/redis/) Python package
* [jedis](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/redis.clients/jedis) Java client
* [Ioredis](https://www.npmjs.com/ioredis) Node.js package
* [Go-redis](https://github.com/go-redis/redis) Go client

Yandex Managed Service for Valkey™ does not restrict the use of other clients. However, if using clients other than those listed above, check the known limitations and problems to avoid connectivity issues and cluster failures.

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To connect through SSL, use the `redis-cli` client built with the `BUILD_TLS=yes` flag. For more information, see connection string examples for a [sharded](../operations/connect/sharded-code-examples.md#bash) or [non-sharded](../operations/connect/non-sharded-code-examples.md#bash) cluster.

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