How to install Memcached on CentOS 6 / RHEL 6
Abstract: Install Memcached PHP module to work with PHP5. [root@geeksite~/]# yum install php php-pecl-memcache Now restart the Memcached and Apache server to ta
Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.Memcached is an in-memory key-value store for small chunks of arbitrary data (strings, objects) from results of database calls, API calls, or page rendering.
Memcached is simple yet powerful. Its simple design promotes quick deployment, ease of development, and solves many problems facing large data caches. Its APIis available for most popular languages.
Here is the simple steps to install Memcached on CentOS 6.
Open Terminal and then switch to root user.
[raj@geeksite~/]$ su -lInstall Memcached:
Install Memcached using the following command.
[root@geeksite~/]# yum install memcached
Edit Memcached configuration file to change / enable the features.
[root@geeksite~/]# vi /etc/sysconfig/memcached
There are some default settings available in the configuration file, change it (if necessary). The following is example settings for 256MB caching.
PORT="11211" USER="memcached" MAXCONN="1024" CACHESIZE="256" OPTIONS=""
Start Memcached.
[root@geeksite~/]# /etc/init.d/memcached restart
To auto-start Memcached on booting.
[root@geeksite~/]# chkconfig memcached on
Confirm the Memcached running status.
[root@geeksite~/]# memcached-tool 127.0.0.1:11211 stats #127.0.0.1:11211 Field Value accepting_conns 1 auth_cmds 0 auth_errors 0 bytes 0 bytes_read 7 bytes_written 0 cas_badval 0 cas_hits 0 cas_misses 0 cmd_flush 0 cmd_get 0 cmd_set 0 conn_yields 0 connection_structures 11 curr_connections 10 curr_items 0 decr_hits 0 decr_misses 0 delete_hits 0 delete_misses 0 evictions 0 get_hits 0 get_misses 0 incr_hits 0 incr_misses 0 limit_maxbytes 67108864 listen_disabled_num 0 pid 29594 pointer_size 64 rusage_system 0.002999 rusage_user 0.000000 threads 4 time 1332048624 total_connections 11 total_items 0 uptime 85 version 1.4.4Iptables entry:
Add the following entry to allow the incoming connection on port no 11211.
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 11211 -j ACCEPT
Check the remote connectivity.
[root@geeksite~/]# echo stats | nc memcache_host_name_or_ip 11211Install PHP Module:
Install Memcached PHP module to work with PHP5.
[root@geeksite~/]# yum install php php-pecl-memcache
Now restart the Memcached and Apache server to take effect.
[root@geeksite~/]# /etc/init.d/memcached restart [root@geeksite~/]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
That’s all!