--- a/valkey.conf
+++ b/valkey.conf
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ daemonize no
 #
 # Note that on modern Linux systems "/run/valkey.pid" is more conforming
 # and should be used instead.
-pidfile /var/run/valkey_6379.pid
+pidfile /run/valkey/valkey.pid
 
 # Specify the server verbosity level.
 # This can be one of:
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ loglevel notice
 # Specify the log file name. Also the empty string can be used to force
 # the server to log on the standard output. Note that if you use standard
 # output for logging but daemonize, logs will be sent to /dev/null
-logfile ""
+logfile /var/log/valkey/valkey.log
 
 # To enable logging to the system logger, just set 'syslog-enabled' to yes,
 # and optionally update the other syslog parameters to suit your needs.
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ rdb-del-sync-files no
 # Note that modifying 'dir' during runtime may have unexpected behavior,
 # for example when a child process is running, related file operations may
 # have unexpected effects.
-dir ./
+dir /var/lib/valkey/
 
 ################################# REPLICATION #################################
 
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ acllog-max-len 128
 # limit for maxmemory so that there is some free RAM on the system for replica
 # output buffers (but this is not needed if the policy is 'noeviction').
 #
-# maxmemory <bytes>
+maxmemory 64MB
 
 # MAXMEMORY POLICY: how the server will select what to remove when maxmemory
 # is reached. You can select one from the following behaviors: