Install Memcached on Centos 6

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$ yum install memcached

// Configure Memcached
$ nano -w /etc/sysconfig/memcached
  PORT="11211"
  USER="memcached"
  MAXCONN="1024"
  CACHESIZE="512"
  OPTIONS=""
  
// Set Memcached start when system starts
$ chkconfig --add memcached
$ chkconfig --levels 235 memcached on

// Commands:
// $ /etc/init.d/memcached start/stop/restart/status

gistfile2.txt

$ nano -w /etc/sysconfig/iptables
  -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 11211 -j ACCEPT
  
$ service iptables restart

gistfile3.txt

// Check if the telnet command is available
$ which telnet

// If not, install it
// $ yum install telnet

// Clear memcache
$ telnet localhost 11211
  flush_all
  quit
  
  

gistfile4.txt

// Install php memcache extension
$ yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-test install php-pecl-memcache

// Restart php-fpm
$ service php-fpm restart