Django - Using Memcached

The easiest way to use Memcached as a cache backend for django is to enable it to cache the entire site:

1. Install Memcached:

$ sudo apt-get install memcached

The memcached service will run at 127.0.0.1:11211 by default.


2. Install python API for memcached:

(myvirtualenv)$ pip install python-memcached


3. Enable Django to use Memcached by modified settings.py:

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware', # should be the first line
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware', # should be the last line
)

#memcache
CACHES = {
    'default': {
        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
        'LOCATION': '127.0.0.1:11211',
    }
}

CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_ALIAS = 'default'
CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_SECONDS = 60
CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX = 'mydjangoapp'


4. If you want to verify whether Memcached works:

$ sudo service memcached stop
$ memcached -vv

try to access the django site and see the Memcached outputs in the terminal


References: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/cache/