memcache on ubuntu (intrepid ibex)

Took me a few minutes to find all this so I thought I should take note.

Installing memcache
sudo apt-get install memcached

This installs memcache in the usual ubuntu/debian way. It scatters several important files around the operating system in the process.

• start script: /usr/share/memcached/scripts/start-memcached
• init.d startup: /etc/init.d/memcached
• config file: /etc/memcached.conf

Need to edit the conf file as by default it only lists on the localhost.

Below are some memcache links for more reading:

• http://www.danga.com/memcached/
• http://code.google.com/p/memcached/wiki/TutorialCachingStory -> answers the question of how to explain memcache to others
• http://lzone.de/articles/memcached.htm -> testing/hacking memcache with telnet