Multiple Memcached server /etc/init.d startup script that works?

Question

I install memcached server via source and can get standard start up script installed for 1 memcached server instance, but trying several scripts via google, can't find one that works to manager auto start up on boot for multiple memcached server instances. I've tried both these scripts and both don't work, service memcached start just returns to command prompt with no memcached server instances started

lullabot.com/articles/installing-memcached-redhat-or-centos
addmoremem.blogspot.com/2010/09/running-multiple-instances-of-memcached.html

However this bash script works but doesn't start up memcached instances at start up though ?

#!/bin/sh
case "$1" in
start)
/usr/local/bin/memcached -d -m 16 -p 11211 -u nobody
/usr/local/bin/memcached -d -m 16 -p 11212 -u nobody
;;
stop) killall memcached
;;
esac

OS: Centos 5.5 64bit Memcached = v1.4.5 Memcache = v2.2.5

Anyone can point me to a working /etc/init.d/ startup script to manage multiple memcached servers ? Thanks

edit: Thanks mat, this is code that ended up working

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: - 80 12
# description:  The memcached daemon is a network memory cache service.
# processname: memcached
BIN=/usr/local/bin/memcached
USER=nobody
CON=2048
THREADS=4

$BIN -d -m 16 -p 11211 -c $CON -t $THREADS -u $USER
$BIN -d -m 16 -p 11212 -c $CON -t $THREADS -u $USER

case "$1" in
start)
$BIN -d -m 16 -p 11211 -c $CON -t $THREADS -u $USER
$BIN -d -m 16 -p 11212 -c $CON -t $THREADS -u $USER
;;
stop) killall $BIN
;;
esac

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '10 at 15:06

To add a service to chkconfig you will normally need a couple of special comments below the shebang of a shell script:

#!/bin/sh
# chkconfig: - 55 45
# description:  The memcached daemon is a network memory cache service.
# processname: memcached

After adding the lines to /etc/init.d/memcached you can then issue

chkconfig --add memcached

There are of course additional run levels a process can start at so to check that you would issue

chkconfig --list | grep "memcached"

A common run level for memcached would be

chkconfig --level 345 memcached on

thanks mat i did try copying and pasting someone elses comments below the shebang of the script, but that didn't work. But copying and pasting yours did work! Code i ended up using for /etc/init.d/memcached which works on reboot/startup is edited above in original post. Not sure if syntax is correct but it works :) — p4guru, Dec 24 '10 at 03:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '12 at 05:12

Here's the script that I'm using to start multiple memcached instances. The key point is I use associative array to start all or just one specific instance:

#! /usr/local/bash4/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: - 55 45
# description:  The memcached daemon is a network memory cache service.
# processname: memcached
# config: /etc/sysconfig/memcached

# Standard LSB functions
#. /lib/lsb/init-functions

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

if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/memcached ];then 
    . /etc/sysconfig/memcached
fi

# Check that networking is up.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

if [ "$NETWORKING" = "no" ]
then
    exit 0
fi

typeset -A PIDS
typeset -A MEMORYS
typeset -A FACTORS
typeset -A INSTANCES

PORTS="11216 11217"
USER=memcached
basedir="/usr/local/memcached"
MAXCONN=1024
OPTIONS=""
INSTANCES=([11216]="session" [11217]="userdata")
PIDS=([11216]="$basedir/var/run/sohaphimdetails.pid" [11217]="$basedir/var/run/sohamuzik-top.pid")
MEMORYS=([11216]="1024" [11217]="2048")
FACTORS=([11216]="1.25" [11217]="1.125")

RETVAL=0
prog="memcached"
cmd="/usr/local/memcached/bin/memcached"
user="memcached"
ip="192.168.6.66"
peer="192.168.6.28"
max_conn=2048
max_memory=512
threads=8

function start()
{
    port="$1"
    if [ `ps -ef | grep "$cmd" | grep -c $port` -ge 1 ]; then
        action $"Starting the memcached server on port '$port'... " /bin/false
    else
        if [ ! -f $basedir/var/log/${INSTANCES[$port]}.log ]; then 
            touch $basedir/var/log/${INSTANCES[$port]}.log 
            /bin/chown memcached:memcached $basedir/var/log/${INSTANCES[$port]}.log
        fi
        $cmd -d -u $user -l $ip -c $max_conn -t $threads -m ${MEMORYS[$port]} -p $port -P $basedir/var/run/${INSTANCES[$port]}.pid -f ${FACTORS[$port]} -x $peer -X `expr $port '*' 10` -vv > $basedir/var/log/${INSTANCES[$port]}.log 2>&1
        action $"Starting the memcached server on port '$port'... " /bin/true
    fi
}

function stop()
{
    port="$1"
    if [ `ps -ef | grep "$cmd" | grep -c $port` -eq 0 ]; then
        action $"Stopping the memcached server on port '$port'... " /bin/false
    else
        kill -TERM `ps -ef | grep "$cmd" | grep $port | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`
        action $"Stopping the memcached server on port '$port'... " /bin/true 
    fi
}

case "$1" in
    start) 
        if [ -n "$2" ]; then
            start $2
        else
            for port in $PORTS; do
                start $port
            done
        fi
        ;;
    stop)   
        if [ -n "$2" ]; then
            port="$2"
            stop $port
        else
            killproc $prog
        fi
        ;;
    restart)
        if [ -n "$2" ]; then
            stop $2
            start $2
        else
            for port in $PORTS; do
                stop $port
                start $port
            done
        fi
        ;;
    *)
        printf 'Usage: %s {start|stop|restart} <port>\n' "$prog"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

PS: I used repcached for replication.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '10 at 14:58

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Since the script is working, I assume that it is not linked from /etc/rc.d, so it is not executed at startup. Assuming that your startup script is called /etc/init.d/memcached you should execute

chkconfig --add memcached

to add it to the list of scripts to be run at startup.

answered Dec 23 '10 at 14:58

sw0x2A

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thanks i have already ran chkconfig --add memcached but still doing service memcached start results in no memcached servers started at all ? – p4guru Dec 23 '10 at 15:02
Mat was more precise than me. Check runlevels with chkconfig and make sure that the script is executed in the right runlevels. If it is, check logs for error messages. – sw0x2A Dec 23 '10 at 15:24

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