% MEMCACHED(1) Container Image Pages % Petr Hracek % February 6, 2017

NAME

memcached - High Performance, Distributed Memory Object Cache.

DESCRIPTION

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

The container itself consists of: - fedora/rawhide base image - memcached RPM package

Files added to the container during docker build include: /files/memcached.sh

USAGE

To get the memcached container image on your local system, run the following:

docker pull registry.fedoraproject.org/memcached:rawhide

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The memcached container includes the following environment variables:

For turn on verbose mode, use environment variable -e MEMCACHED_DEBUG_MODE

For setting cache size, use environment variable -e MEMCACHED_CACHE_SIZE

For setting maximum connections, use environment variable -e MEMCACHED_CONNECTIONS

For setting maximum threads, use environment variable -e MEMCACHED_THREADS

SECURITY IMPLICATIONS

Lists of security-related attributes that are opened to the host.

-p 11211:11211 Opens container port 11211 and maps it to the same port on the host.

SEE ALSO

Memcached page https://memcached.org/