Memcached in Koha: How to enable memcached in Koha 17.xx and Koha 18.xx ?
What is Memcached? Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system , generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. Memcached is an in-memory key-value store for small chunks of arbitrary data (strings, objects) from results of database calls, API calls, or page rendering. Memcached is simple yet powerful . Its simple design promotes quick deployment, ease of development, and solves many problems facing large data caches. Its API is available for most popular languages. For more details visit : https://memcached.org/ How to enable Memcached in Koha? First check if your Memcached is running? To check go to Home -> About Koha -> System Information. If your memcached is not defined, you will see Memcached error similar to the screenshot below. To install memcached run the following command. # sudo apt-get install memcached Configure Memcached in koha-