Install Memcached on NetBSD 10

Step 1 – Install

pkgin install memcached
echo 'memcached=YES' >> /etc/rc.conf && service memcached start

Step 2 – Configure (/usr/pkg/etc/memcached.conf)

-l 127.0.0.1   # listen on localhost only
-m 256         # memory (MB)
-c 1024        # max connections
-t 4           # threads

Step 3 – Verify

echo "stats" | nc 127.0.0.1 11211

Step 4 – Basic operations

telnet 127.0.0.1 11211
set mykey 0 3600 5
hello
get mykey
quit

Step 5 – PHP client

$mc = new Memcached();
$mc->addServer('127.0.0.1', 11211);
$mc->set('key', 'value', 3600);
echo $mc->get('key');