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Memcached packaged by Bitnami

What is Memcached?

Memcached is an high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

Overview of Memcached

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TL;DR

$ docker run --name memcached bitnami/memcached:latest

Docker Compose

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-memcached/master/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml
$ docker-compose up -d

Why use Bitnami Images?

Bitnami closely tracks upstream source changes and promptly publishes new versions of this image using our automated systems.
With Bitnami images the latest bug fixes and features are available as soon as possible.
Bitnami containers, virtual machines and cloud images use the same components and configuration approach - making it easy to switch between formats based on your project needs.
All our images are based on minideb a minimalist Debian based container image which gives you a small base container image and the familiarity of a leading Linux distribution.
All Bitnami images available in Docker Hub are signed with Docker Content Trust (DCT). You can use DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 to verify the integrity of the images.
Bitnami container images are released on a regular basis with the latest distribution packages available.

How to deploy Memcached in Kubernetes?

Deploying Bitnami applications as Helm Charts is the easiest way to get started with our applications on Kubernetes. Read more about the installation in the Bitnami Memcached Chart GitHub repository.

Bitnami containers can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters.

Why use a non-root container?

Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recommended for production environments. However, because they run as a non-root user, privileged tasks are typically off-limits. Learn more about non-root containers in our docs.

Supported tags and respective `Dockerfile` links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

1, 1-debian-11, 1.6.15, 1.6.15-debian-11-r21, latest (1/debian-11/Dockerfile)

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Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Memcached Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the Docker Hub Registry.

$ docker pull bitnami/memcached:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the list of available versions in the Docker Hub Registry.

$ docker pull bitnami/memcached:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself.

docker build -t bitnami/memcached:latest 'https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-memcached.git#master:1/debian-11'

Connecting to other containers

Using Docker container networking, a Memcached server running inside a container can easily be accessed by your application containers.

Containers attached to the same network can communicate with each other using the container name as the hostname.

Using the Command Line

Step 1: Create a network

$ docker network create app-tier --driver bridge

Step 2: Launch the Memcached server instance

Use the --network app-tier argument to the docker run command to attach the Memcached container to the app-tier network.

$ docker run -d --name memcached-server \
    --network app-tier \
    bitnami/memcached:latest

Step 3: Launch your application container

$ docker run -d --name myapp \
    --network app-tier \
    YOUR_APPLICATION_IMAGE

IMPORTANT:

Please update the YOUR_APPLICATION_IMAGE_ placeholder in the above snippet with your application image

In your application container, use the hostname memcached-server to connect to the Memcached server

Using Docker Compose

When not specified, Docker Compose automatically sets up a new network and attaches all deployed services to that network. However, we will explicitly define a new bridge network named app-tier. In this example we assume that you want to connect to the Memcached server from your own custom application image which is identified in the following snippet by the service name myapp.

version: '2'

networks:
  app-tier:
    driver: bridge

services:
  memcached:
    image: 'bitnami/memcached:latest'
    networks:
      - app-tier
  myapp:
    image: 'YOUR_APPLICATION_IMAGE'
    networks:
      - app-tier

IMPORTANT:

Please update the YOUR_APPLICATION_IMAGE_ placeholder in the above snippet with your application image

In your application container, use the hostname memcached to connect to the Memcached server

Launch the containers using:

$ docker-compose up -d

Configuration

Specify the cache size

By default, the Bitnami Memcached container will not specify any cache size and will start with Memcached defaults (64MB). You can specify a different value with the MEMCACHED_CACHE_SIZE environment variable (in MB).

$ docker run --name memcached -e MEMCACHED_CACHE_SIZE=128 bitnami/memcached:latest