I'm using MemCached with CentOS Server 4.4 with excellent results. However, I am not too sure how I can configure CentOS to automatically load MemCached after a server reboot. Any help would be most appriciated.

here's an init script for you:

############################################################################

#!/bin/bash
# init script for memcached
# chkconfig: 2345 70 11
# description: memcached
# processname: memcached
# pidfile: /var/run/memcached.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/memcached
logfile=/var/log/memcached
pidfile=/tmp/memcached.pid
prog=memcached
memcached=/usr/local/bin/memcached
RETVAL=0

start () {

# find IP address on specific subnet
ipaddr=`ifconfig | grep "192\.168\.0" | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d : -f 2`

size=6144 # total cache size in MB
port=11211 # port number to run on
user=nobody # run as user
opts="-d -m $size -l $ipaddr -p 11211 -u $user"

# quit if IP address doesn't exist
if [[ -z $ipaddr ]];then
echo "IP address not found. please fix. exiting
."
exit 1
fi

echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
daemon $memcached $opts
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch ${lockfile}
return $RETVAL
}

stop () {
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
killproc memcached
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/memcached /var/run/memcached.pid
}

status () {
psline1=`ps auxwww|grep -P "^USER"|grep -v grep`
psline2=`ps auxwww|grep -P "^www\ .*memcached"|grep -v grep`
if [[ -z $psline2 ]];then
echo "memcached is not running"
else
echo "$psline1
$psline2"
fi
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status
;;
restart)
stop
sleep 1
start
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 2
esac

############################################################################

change vars as necessary, you'll probably need to edit $ipaddr, $size, $port and $user. copy the script to /etc/init.d/memcached and then run `chkconfig --add memcached` and you should be set.

OR

do it a lil more ghetto and drop a one liner into /etc/rc.local like:
/path/to/memcached -d -m 2048 -l 10.10.10.1 -p 11211 -u nobody

I tried the 'gheto' method but it didn't seem to work.. i'll try the other now...

i too am trying to set up memcached on centos 4.4 (mediatemple dv base package). it has been a nightmare, first it was pecl issues (phpize to be exact), now its that php cant load the memcache.so file.

would it be too much to ask how you installed memcached + pecl/memcache? and also, did this autoload script end up working for you?

thanks,

tim garrison