manage.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys

from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mctest_settings")
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

mctest_asgi.py

import os

from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mctest_settings")

application = get_asgi_application()

mctest_settings.py

DEBUG = True
SECRET_KEY = "sekrit"
ROOT_URLCONF = "mctest_urls"
WSGI_APPLICATION = "mctest_wsgi.application"
CACHES = {
    "default": {
        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyLibMCCache",
        "LOCATION": "127.0.0.1:11211",
    }
}

mctest_urls.py

from django.core.cache import cache
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.urls import path


def view(request):
    cache.set("foo", "ok")
    return HttpResponse(cache.get("foo"))


urlpatterns = [path("", view)]

mctest_wsgi.py

import os

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mctest_settings")

application = get_wsgi_application()