rohan/memcached-mini repository overview

⁠memcached-mini

This is a Docker image for memcached⁠ running on Alpine Linux⁠, a very tiny distribution.

⁠Why?

This image lets you run memcached on Alpine Linux, a tiny distribution based on Busybox. You get a full memcached installation in a much smaller image and with a smaller footprint than those based on Ubuntu or other full-fledged distribution.

The total image size of memcached-mini, including the operating system, is only around 50 MB.

⁠Build

# docker build -t `whoami`/memcached-mini .

⁠Usage

To run a memcached container and map the host's port 11211 to it, try:

# docker run -d -p 11211:11211 `whoami`/memcached-mini

You can pass any extra arguments to memcached with `docker run. For example, to see memcached help, just do:

# docker run `whoami`/memcached-mini -h
memcached 1.4.19
-p <num>      TCP port number to listen on (default: 11211)
-U <num>      UDP port number to listen on (default: 11211, 0 is off)
-s <file>     UNIX socket path to listen on (disables network support)
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