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mkdir ~/memcached
cd ~/memcached
wget "http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-2.0.12-stable.tar.gz"
tar xvfz libevent-2.0.12-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.12-stable
./configure && make && make install
Now we are ready to install Memcached:
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cd ~/memcached
wget "http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.4.5.tar.gz"
tar xvfz memcached-1.4.5.tar.gz
cd memcached-1.4.5
./configure --with-lib-event=/usr/local/ && make && make install
Configure dynamic linker run time bindings for LibEvent:
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echo "/usr/local/lib/" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libevent.conf
ldconfig
Create init script for Memcached:
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touch /etc/init.d/memcached
chmod +x /etc/init.d/memcached
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Init file for memcached
#
# Written by Dag Wieërs <dag@wieers.com>
#
# chkconfig: - 80 12
# description: Distributed memory caching daemon
#
# processname: memcached
# config: /etc/sysconfig/memcached
# config: /etc/memcached.conf
source /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
### Default variables
PORT="11211"
USER="nobody"
MAXCONN="1024"
CACHESIZE="128"
OPTIONS="-l 127.0.0.1"
SYSCONFIG="/etc/sysconfig/memcached"
### Read configuration
[ -r "$SYSCONFIG" ] && source "$SYSCONFIG"
RETVAL=0
prog="memcached"
desc="Distributed memory caching"
start() {
echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): "
daemon /usr/local/bin/$prog -d -p $PORT -u $USER -c $MAXCONN -m $CACHESIZE $OPTIONS
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog
return $RETVAL
}
stop() {
echo -n $"Shutting down $desc ($prog): "
killproc $prog
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog
return $RETVAL
}
restart() {
stop
start
}
reload() {
echo -n $"Reloading $desc ($prog): "
killproc $prog -HUP
RETVAL=$?
echo
return $RETVAL
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
restart)
restart
;;
condrestart)
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/$prog ] && restart
RETVAL=$?
;;
reload)
reload
;;
status)
status $prog
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL
And configuration file (RH-way) with the following content:
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touch /etc/sysconfig/memcached
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PORT="11211"
USER="nobody"
MAXCONN="1024"
CACHESIZE="128"
OPTIONS="-l 127.0.0.1"
Register Memcached as service and enable it:
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chkconfig --add memcached
chkconfig memcached on
Start Memcached daemon:
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service memcached start
Check Memcached stats (if no issues during the service start are noticed):
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echo stats | nc 127.0.0.1 11211
