Unable to connect to memcached

Issue

Unable to connect to Memcached

Environment

• CloudLinux

Solution

1. Verify if memcache service is running and accessible

   # telnet localhost 11211
   Trying ::1...
   telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused

   # systemctl status memcached 
   Unit memcached.service could not be found.

   # systemctl start memcached 
   Failed to start memcached.service: Unit memcached.service not found.

2. Install the memcached package 

   # yum install memcached
   

   and start the memcachedservice 

   # systemctl start memcached 
   # systemctl enable memcached
   # systemctl status memcached

   Cause

   Memcached not present in the system.