Enhanced Memcached

This module extends the capabilities of the built-in Memcached module, allowing you to add and remove "key-value" data on the memcached server.

Loading the Module

Load the module in the context of main{}:

load_module modules/ngx_http_enhanced_memcached_module.so;

Configuration Example

upstream memcached_upstream {
    server 127.0.0.1:11211;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;

    location / {
        set $enhanced_memcached_key "$request_uri";
        enhanced_memcached_allow_put on;
        enhanced_memcached_allow_delete on;
        enhanced_memcached_pass memcached_upstream;
    }

    location /stats {
        enhanced_memcached_stats on;
        enhanced_memcached_pass memcached_upstream;
        access_log off;
    }

    location /flush {
        enhanced_memcached_flush on;
        enhanced_memcached_pass memcached_upstream;
    }
}

Examples of Executing Requests

Adding a key key1 with the value key1 value:

$ curl -X PUT -d 'key1 value' http://127.0.0.1/key1
STORED

Retrieving the value of key1:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1/key1
key1 value

Deleting the data with key key1:

$ curl -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1/key1
DELETED

Outputting memcached statistics:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1/stats

Clearing all data:

$ curl http://127.0.0.1/flush

Additional Information

Detailed documentation and source code are available at: bpaquet/ngx_http_enhanced_memcached_module