Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Memcached

Memcached is a daemon application that can be connected via sockets. Its main purpose, as the name suggests, is to provide an efficient distributed key/value memory caching system. The Nginx Memcached module provides directives, allowing you to configure access to the Memcached daemon:

Directive	Description
memcached_pass Context: location, if	Defines the hostname and port of the Memcached daemon. Syntax: memcached_pass hostname:port; Example: memcached_pass localhost:11211;
memcached_bind Context: http, server, location	Forces Nginx to use the specified local IP address for connecting to the Memcached server. This can come in handy if your server has multiple network cards connected to different networks.