Memcached

High-performance distributed memory object caching system for speeding up dynamic web applications by reducing database load.

Port	11211
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached
Source	https://github.com/memcached/memcached
Website	https://memcached.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  memcached:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached:latest"
    container_name: memcached
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - MEMCACHED_ARGS=  # Additional memcached command-line arguments
    ports:
      - "11211:11211"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=memcached
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
MEMCACHED_ARGS=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  memcached:
    name: memcached
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '11211:11211 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - MEMCACHED_ARGS: !ENV '${MEMCACHED_ARGS}'

Makejail:

# Makejail 

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name memcached \
  -p 11211:11211 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e MEMCACHED_ARGS= \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="11211:11211 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e MEMCACHED_ARGS= \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached:latest memcached

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy memcached
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: memcached
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      MEMCACHED_ARGS: ""
    ports:
      - "11211:11211"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
MEMCACHED_ARGS	``	Additional memcached command-line arguments

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
11211	TCP	Memcached TCP port

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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