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Memcached Memcached

Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Memcached Host Port

Build Status Last Commit

High-performance distributed memory object caching system for speeding up dynamic web applications by reducing database load.
Port 11211
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/memcached
Daemonless daemonless/memcached
Source memcached/memcached
Website memcached.org

Version Tags

Tag Description Best For
latest / pkg FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages. Most users — recommended.
pkg-latest FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates. Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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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

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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

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- 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"

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# .env

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

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# 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}'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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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

Interactive Configuration

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

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64
  • User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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