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memcached – Use memcached DB for cache¶

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Synopsis ¶

This cache uses JSON formatted, per host records saved in memcached.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this cache.

memcache (python lib)

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Configuration	Comments
_prefix -	Default: "ansible_facts"	ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_prefix = ansible_facts env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_PREFIX	User defined prefix to use when creating the DB entries
_timeout integer	Default: 86400	ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_timeout = 86400 env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_TIMEOUT	Expiration timeout for the cache plugin data
_uri list	Default: ["127.0.0.1:11211"]	ini entries: [defaults] fact_caching_connection = ['127.0.0.1:11211'] env:ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION	List of connection information for the memcached DBs

Status ¶

This cache is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This cache is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors¶

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